OUR FILMS


GOODBYE LAPIS LAZULI | Work in progress

Duration: 20 Min 

Production Country: Sweden, Lebanon and Syria

Written & Directed by: Rima Alhamedd

Producer & Creative Adviser:: Yaser Kassab

Associate producer: Shirin Jaberi

Production Company: Zenloop productions

Animation: Rima Alhamedd

Sound Mix: Rima Alhamedd



Synopsis:


After the outbreak of nuclear war, Ryan and Shams attempt to infiltrate a bunker to obtain agricultural seeds, they get shocked after knowing that they will not be able to survive on Earth, so they have to find an opportunity to start elsewhere.




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LONG TAKE | 2023


Duration: 4 Min 

Production Country: Syria and Sweden 2023

Written & Directed by: Rima Alhamedd

Producer: Yaser Kassab

Production Company: Zenloop productions

Animation: Rima Alhamedd

Sound Mix: Rima Alhamedd

Creative Adviser: Yaser Kassab


Synopsis:


Various Syrian cities are portrayed within a single fictional area as the film unfolds the different episodes of the Syrian tragedy. From the early days of the uprising in 2011 to the recent attempts to normalize the Syrian regime and gain acceptance in the Arab league, the film aims to preserve the narrative of the resistance and sacrifices of the Syrian people in their ongoing pursuit of liberation and justice.




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CHASING THE DAZZLING LIGHT | 2023


Duration: 63 min documentary

Production Country: Syria, Sweden and Qatar 2023

Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab

Producer: Rima Alhamedd

Production Company: Zenloop productions

Creative Adviser/ Co-writer: Rima Alhamedd


Synopsis:


Director Yaser Kassab followed in his father’s footsteps by emigrating as a young man from Syria to Europe, and like his father he also had the ambition to become a filmmaker. Now they are working together on this film remotely. From Syria, the father gives his son direction on the phone or in video calls, along with advice about future film projects or how to organise his life—loving conversations interspersed with well- intentioned parental advice.

This at times leads to amusing or uncomfortable scenes, while the film creates a beautiful portrait of a father in absence—a man who can't be with his son, like so many Syrians who are separated from their offspring, whether by distance or death. Father and son live with a certain loneliness; for the refugee filmmaker, this arises from his attempts to build a new life with his wife within the confines of Sweden’s stricter new immigration laws.


Screenings:

World Premiere: Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival IDFA.

Dok Fest Munchen

Jean Rouch Flm festival Paris

Arte Venice Biennale
Oran International Arab Film festival
Carthage International Film Festival


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تجربة مثيرة عن فيلم يصنعه الابن والأب: (مطاردة الضوء المبهر): ياسر قصاب على خطى والده 

"مطاردة الضوء المبهر": المنفى بلغة سينمائية مؤثّرة



I HAVE SEEN NOTHING I HAVE SEEN ALL | 2019 

Duration: 19 min documentary

Production Country: Syria, Lebanon and Sweden 2019

Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab

Producer: Mohamad Ali Atassi & Yaser Kassab 

Production Company: Bidayyat for Audiovisual arts & Zenloop productions

Film Editor: Rima Alhamedd

Sound Mix: Bertrand Larrieu


Synopsis:


After the Syrian regime with the Russian allies took over Aleppo, Yaser in his exile and his old parents in Aleppo both find themselves compelled to transfer the grave of the younger brother from the public park.



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- In Arabic

"لم أرَ شيئاً، رأيتُ كلّ شيء": حين تصبح المقابر السورية "كومبليه" ندى الأزهري

- Lost outside time/ Francesca Borri


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ON THE EDGE OF LIFE | 2017

Duration: 45 Min documentary

Production Country: Syria and Lebanon 2017

Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab & Rima Alhamedd

Production Company: Zenloop productions

Sound Mix: Bertrand Larrieu


Synopsis:


Yaser transcendent from a remote and an empty rest stop in Turkey the process of mourning after losing his younger brother in Aleppo, a relationship with his father has been evolved to a strong emotional connection, although the noisy voice calls and messages.


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