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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 filmen de Syrische omroepster Obaidah Zytoon en haar vrienden de groeiende opstand tegen het regime van Bashar Al-Assad. Het gevoel van bevrijding is van korte duur. De demonstraties worden met geweld onderdrukt. De revolutie verdampt en maakt plaats voor de burgeroorlog. Veel van Obaidah's vrienden belanden in Assads gevangenissen en komen er niet levend uit. De omroepster besluit te vluchten en smokkelt 400 uur videomateriaal mee naar Europa.