film screening
A Silent Cinema (Un Cinema Muet), 2001
by Meyar al-Roumi

Tuesday 29 January 2008

2001 | 29 min

Upon graduating from a film studies program in Paris, Meyar al-Rumi returns to his native Damascus, eager to start making films. But when the script he proposes is rejected by the censors, he is instead inspired to make a portrait of the Syrian filmmakers who have been affected most by censorship. The film is a courageous short documentary on filmmaking in Syria.