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Syrian Stories | Suspended Lives (2017)

Duration: 10:01    Category: International, Short   Opportunity: Stories

A top commandant from the Syrian National army took the grave decision to defect and leave all his possessions behind to move to Jordan. Now a prize on his head he discovers that as an ex army he cannot get the refugee status and therefore is denied of any financial support. The entire family is condemned to “inactivity” with days alternating between anxiety and boredom.

This short documentary was made during a SDI workshop in Amman, organised by the British Council in partnership with Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts.

Screening Formats: DVD, HD Quicktime, BluRay

Highlights

Doc/Dispatch – Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 (UK)

Cinenova Interuniversity Film Festival, February 2019 (Portugal)

Dardishi Film Festival, January 2020 (Glasgow)

To arrange a screening please contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

 

A film by: Hiba Zaheer Hamdi, Esraa Abdulhamid Ibrahim Awad & Mohammad Azmat Al-Labbad

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