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:
Fleeing war-torn Syria, a young filmmaker couple drifts through several countries, and staying in a remote place in Turkey to process the noise they've escaped and the silence that followed. Grieving a younger brother lost in Aleppo, they navigate the ache of distance and the fragile threads that keep them connected to family, cracked phone screens, broken calls, voice messages from a father far away. Through their lens, the film captures the stillness of exile, where nothing happens yet everything feels suspended. A quiet meditation on loss, memory, and the quiet hope that resists fading.
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.
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