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Ambitious documentary pieces together snatches of public and private history since the uprising against Assad
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Ambitious documentary pieces together snatches of public and private history since the uprising against Assad
Orwa Nyrabia, artistic director of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, talks to Open Society about his experiences in Syria as a child and during the war, and its impact on his worldview and creative path
Bassel’s family and friends handed me a great responsibility when they asked me to complete his film, a responsibility that will continue to stay with me, like a mountain on my shoulders. It will sit there until the end of my own life.
Is there such a thing as a 'Syrian audience'? 23 December 2020 Syrian journalist and trainer, PhD candidate in media. This is a conversation that took place in Amsterdam between Orwa Nyrabia—co-founder of Dox Box, Proaction Film and No Nation Films, and current artistic director of the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA)—and Maya Abyad, a journalist, film director and colleague of Mr. Nyrabia. It is the most recent part of a longer discussion maturing between them over a longer period of time. The conversation was edited for flow. We’ve had discussions,...