The life of the Syrian filmmaker Diana El Jeiroudi was marked by dictatorship, wars and fear. In her film, she reflects on a political tragedy of epic proportions and contrasts it with a mosaic of deeply personal moments.
They grew up in the lands of dictators and surveillance, where images are censored, photos are burned, thoughts are discreet, and mouths are kept shut. During the years, they made films, documented life, their lives, at least what was possible. They recorded sounds at night and in secret, for the senses to complete the image. From what are seemingly scattered images and narratives, a coherent emotive sensibility emerges unpacking a singular perspective of history and an attempt to speak what has been unspoken and silenced.
Republic of Silence | Yorck Kinos Berlin