Lina wanted to become simply a camerawoman. But after the uprising in Syria, it didn’t take long until events escalated, and arrests, torture, and potentially life-threatening situations became a reality for Lina to negotiate as a new norm.

An aspiring video journalist in her 20s finds herself already facing self-reckoning. Born in Damascus, Syria, Lina starts to report on the events around her until she is compelled to become a war reporter and, later, the unexpected narrator of her own destiny.

Credits

Director

Lina

Screenwriter

Lina

Producer

Diana El Jeiroudi, Orwa Nyrabia, Torstein Grude, Ilja Roomans

Executive Producer

Laura Poitras

About the Director

Lina

Born in Damascus, Lina is a documentary filmmaker, a journalist and a camerawoman, who's been documenting events in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey over the past ten years. She holds a master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking from Essex University. Lina made short and medium-length documentaries and her debut feature, ‘5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION" premiers at Sundance World Cinema Documentary Compe

Producers

Diana El Jeiroudi

A Syrian filmmaker and screenwriter whose films encapsulate socio-political tensions and contradictions and extend well over time, Diana is best known for her films’ Dolls: A Woman from Damascus’ (2007) and ‘Morning Fears, Night Chants’ (2012). She recently finished her long-term feature-length documentary ‘Republic of Silence’ expected for release at the end of 2021. As a producer, her filmography includes award-winning films such as the magnificent ‘Silvered Water – Syria Autoportrait’ by O. Mohamad & W. S. Bedirxan (Cannes 2014), and ‘The Mulberry House’ by Oscar-nominated Sara Ishaq (IDFA 2013). Her efforts in supporting and advancing the documentary community and culture, notably through founding DOX BOX as Syria’s first documentary film festival, and then later as the Berlin-based documentary film support organization, has earned her various awards, including the EDN Award, The Katrin Cartlidge Award, and The Heart of Sarajevo. She is a member of the American Academy of Motion Pictures, the Deutsche Filmakademie, and the Asia-Pacific Screen Academy. She serves on several committees and juries and has supported many careers and tutored talents through the professional training initiatives and workshops of DOX BOX, EuroDoc, Ex Oriente, IDFA, Circle Women Doc Accelerator and Story Doc.

Contacts

Doha Film Institute

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