Hala Alabdalla

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Focusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming a vehicle for dissent and a voice for freedom of expression in the Arab world.

Short documentary about political prisoners struggling to come to terms with haunting memories, produced for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film presents a reflection on the effects of prison in general and on the theatre director Ghassan Jbaii in particular. The artist used his work to come to terms with his haunting memories and regain the world outside the prison walls.

Interviews with three Syrian women who live in exile.

Veteran Syrian director Hala Alabdalla returns to LFF with a moving portrait of her late friend and pioneer of Arab non-fiction cinema.

An affectionate portrait of writer and publisher Farouk Mardem-Bey.

Three voices: Jamil and Sarah both absent and left our planet. Darina is resisting. All three are linked to text. All three choose the artistic expression form in their bid for freedom. Through the film, we try to draw the circle/relation amongst: Life, place, exile / voice, text, art / madness, suicide/ death. We may realise that this circle may also be the path we all follow: To fall or not to fall?