Story
DOCUMENTARY An intense film diary recorded by Abdallah Al-Khatib of the besieging of his district in the Syrian civil war which develops its own aesthetic of starvation. Yarmouk, a borough of the Syrian capital Damascus, was from 1957 to 2018 the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. When the Syrian revolution broke out, the Assad regime regarded Yarmouk as a rebel refuge and began besieging it in 2013 – Yarmouk was cut off from the outside world. Armed with nothing but a camera, Abdallah Al-Khatib filmed everyday life during the siege and thus gave the inhabitants back the dignity taken from them by Assad’s bombs.
Director
ABDALLAH AL-KHATIB (*1989) lived in his home town of Yarmouk until he was driven out in 2015 by the IS. Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege had its world premiere at the documentary film festival in Nyon and won the ecumenical prize.Trailer
Info
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege
Documentary Feature
Arabic
Veto! | FF2021
Lebanon, France, Qatar
2021
89 min
OV with English subtitles
Abdallah Al-Khatib
Abdallah Al-Khatib
Mohammad Ali Atassi, Jean-Laurent Csinidis
Pierre Armand
Qutaiba Barhamji
Lightdox
Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts; Films de Force Majeure
Anna Berthollet, Lightdox: anna@lightdox.com
Tags
DocumentarySocietyViolenceIslamic CultureWarHuman RightsMigration and OriginsMotherDeath and Loss