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Let My Body Speak (2020)

Category: International, Personal, Short   

This documentary is a personal and intimate journey exploring the repression experienced by the filmmaker during her childhood when she faced sexual control in a Damascus also experiencing a growing socio-political repression in the late 80s – early 90s. Through the creative use of family archive in Damascus mixed with current footage of her body she reconstructs the pain of the past absorbed by her body.

This film was supported by the British Council & BFI – More Films 4 Freedom

Screening Formats: DCP

Supported by: British Council & BFI

Highlights
International Premiere – IDFA 2020
Take One Action Film Festival 2020
Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) 2020
London Short Film Festival 2021
Salem Film Festival 2021
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival 2021
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2021

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DIRECTOR: Madonna Adib
PRODUCER: Noe Mendelle

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