Mohammad Abdel Aziz
Directing
Biography
A Syrian film director, who studied cinema in Turkey and began his career as a director of many music videos. He moved on to documentary filmmaking, then he made his first feature film, 1/2 mg Nicotine (2007), which won a number of awards. He then presented his second film, Damascus with My Love ( 2010). Among his other credits are Fires (2017) and Four O'Clock at Paradise (2015).
Known For
Mariam flees the war in Syria and ends up stranded in Beirut — undocumented, alone and utterly invisible to the city around her. Survival pulls her into the orbit of Omran and Aziz, two men whose own complicated lives become tangled with hers in ways none of them expected. A Lebanese drama that uses one Syrian refugee's struggle to illuminate the human cost of displacement — and the unexpected connections formed at the margins of a city under its own strain. Stars Abed Fahd and Karess Bashar.
Fire with Fire
An epic love story between a well-to-do blind girl and a rebel, set against a historical background spanning 60 years of conflicts, secrets and intrigue.
Chicago Street
The neighborhood who suffers from Parkinson's disease, Fares Yacoub, struggles to hide his first crime, which he committed by mistake against his wife
End Point
Businessman Jerry Al-Malik suddenly disappears after an alleged arrest, sparking a fierce battle over his vast fortune between his wife and uncle, who become the main suspects in this mysterious case
The King's Family
A Jewish Syrian girl sets for departure from home city Damascus, but reverses her decision because her father discloses a secret that was kept for years. The secret being about a Lover who was thought to be dead. The girl reveals the mysteries of the past in search of another side of magical Damascus, hence falling in love with a Christian man who disappears in Lebanon’s civil war. She finds herself facing a difficult choice, but the city itself will keep the door of love and choices wide open to infinite possibilities.
Damascus with Love
A close look at the modern life details of people representing different social strata, from a street vendor to a political intellectual, touching upon the story of two lovers whose life paths have faltered, as well as a crane operator who doesn't want to leave his homeland despite the circumstances.