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Théatre National > Salle J. Huisman
The War Show
Andreas Mol Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon
Festival des Libertes 2017:
SMART special jury award
SMart Honourable Mention: “The SMart jury would also like to award an honourable mention to a second journal-type film, The War Show, which also moved us. The film tracks a long period of contemporary Syrian history and evokes a lot of its aspects by way of a chronological narration and an educational structure in chapter form. The War Show shows us that history is a succession of small events that suck us into the vortex. The film lulls us with soaring music and a voice-over worthy of a diary. We become attached to the people, to the friends being filmed in their private lives: young men and women seeking freedom, most of whom are sure to die.”
In 2011, the Syrian radio host Obaidah Zytoon and her friends filmed the growing protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The feeling of liberation is short-lived, as the protesters are violently repressed. The revolution runs dry and is followed by a civil war. Many of Obaidah’s friends end up in al-Assad’s jails and lose their lives. The radio host decides to flee, illegally taking 400 hours of video footage with her to Europe.