Art
Society
Draw for Change - Behind the Lines (Syria)
Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer / Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg / 2023 / 56 min
Amani Al-Ali, the first female cartoonist in Idlib, Syria, draws the life of her town, a bastion of jihadist groups that are attempting to overthrow President Assad since 2011. Armed with her pen, she is struggling against Islamist authority and traditional patriarchy. But for how much longer will she have the strength to keep fighting, among the ruins of her town?
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Credits
| Year | 2023 |
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| Production Countries | Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg |
| Runtime | 56 min |
| FSK | Not rated |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subtitle | English |
| Premiere Status | No Premiere Status |
| Directors | Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer |
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| Producer | Hanne Phlypo |
| Co-Producers | Estelle Robin You, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Heino Deckert |
| Cinematography | Abdo Fayyad |
| Editing | Neel Cockx, Céline Ducreux, Gladys Joujou |
| Sounddesign | Ingrid Simon |
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