Goodbye Lapis Lazuli
Duration: 20 min documentary
Production country: Syria, “work in progress”
Written & Directed by: Rima Alhamedd
Production company: Zenloop productions
Film editor: Rima Alhamedd
Chasing the dazzling light
Duration: 63 min documentary
Production country: Syria, Qatar, 2023
Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab
Production company: Zenloop productions/ Rima Alhamedd
Creative advisor: Rima Alhamedd
Sound Mix: Bertrand Larrieu
Synopsis:
After Yaser knows that his father has an unfulfilled dream of becoming a filmmaker, he decides to make a joint film with him.
A film that challenges the distance that separates their countries of residence—Sweden and Syria. thus the film becomes a place where family members meet
I have seen nothing, I have seen all
لم أر شيئاً، رأيت كل شيئ
Duration: 19 min documentary
Production country: Syria, Lebanon, 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 talking about the end of the war in Syria and the start of the reconstruction phase, thousands of kilometers separate Yaser in Sweden from his parents in Aleppo. When both find themselves compelled to transfer the grave of the younger brother from the public park.
Screenings:
World premiere, 50th edition of Vision du reel, official competition, April 2019
Mediteran film festival
Open city documentary festival
Carthage film festival Oct 2019
Festival dei popoli Nov 2019
Escales Documentaires nov 2019
IDFA, paradox Nov 2019
Cairo international film festival
London short film festival
AFLAM 6e Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma.
PCMMO - Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient
Toronto Arab film festival.
Leiden Shorts
Syrian Doc days, Copenhagen
Sharjah art foundation
Awards:
Best short documentary, Sharjah film platform.
Reviews:
- 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
على حافة الحياة
Duration: 45 MIn documentary
Production country: Syria, 2017
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
Screenings:
World premiered, Cinema du reel film festival in the 39th edition ,Paris, March 2017,
South America premiere , Festival EDOC - Encuentros del Otro Cine, in the 16 th edition, Quito, May, 2017
Festival Silhouette, in the the16th edition, Paris, August 2017
Italian premiere, Festival dei Popoli at the 58th edition in the official selection international competition, Florence- Italy October 2017
Official competition at the 15th edition of Tirana international film festival, Nov 2017
Official competition at the 11th edition of Pravo ljudski film festival, Nov 2017
Dutch premiere, IDFA in its 28th edition, paradox section, Nov 2017
North America premiere, RIDM in it's 20th edition, Short and Medium-Length Competition, Nov 2017
At the 18th edition of Le Mois du Film Documentaire
Karama 8's official nominees for the Arab Network for Human Right Film Festivals (ANHAR)
The 13th edition of Hors Pistes festival Jan 2018
Nordic premiere at Tempo documentary film festival March, 2018
Gabes Film Festival in the short film competition, March 2018
Beirut art centre june 2018
Festival des cinémas arabes, documentary competition, Paris, july 2018
BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Oct 2018
Arabisches Filmfestival, Tübingen 2018
Le Festival du Film de Famille, Nov 2018
La Cinémathèque de Toulouse, May 2021
Awards:
Joris Ivens / CNAP Prize, which goes to a film of the First International Competition in Cinema du reel film festival.
Best Mid-Length Documentary Award, in the 58th edition of Festival dei Popoli.
Best documentary and Best mid-length documentary at the 15th edition of Tirana Film Festival.
Prix du jury du 13ème Festival du Film de Famille, Nov 2018
Reviews:
-سوريا.. على حافة الحياة ٩ أبريل ٢٠١٧ محمد موسى
-تنويعات وثائقيات سورية في السرد والجمالية 30/07/2018 علاء رشيدي