April 2024
Afraa Batous, Émilie Serri, Samer Najari, Meyar Al Roumi, Eyas Almokdad
REVOLUTION OF THE WIND …
Meyar Al Roumi
, 2001
, 28 min
Upon graduating from a film studies program in Paris, Meyar al-Rumi returns to his native Damascus, eager to start making films. But when the script he proposes is rejected by the censors, he is instead inspired to make a portrait of the Syrian filmmakers who have been affected most by censorship. The film is a…
October 2022
Meyar Al Roumi, Hisham Bizri, Akram Zaatari, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
WHAT EXISTED YESTERDAY MIGHT DISAPPEAR TOMORROW Curated by Hind Mezaina The past haunts the present in this film program about photography and cinema, featuring four short films by Hisham Bizri, Akram Zaatari, Meyar Al Roumi, and Joana Hadjithomas/Khalil Joriege. These films delve into a distant or recent past and their consequences today on what was and what could…
, 29 min
Meyar Al Roumi returns to his native Damascus, eager to start making films, but he is censored. He draws inspiration from it to paint a portrait of the Syrian filmmakers most affected by censorship.
