Art
Society

Draw for Change - Behind the Lines (Syria)

Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer / Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg / 2023 / 56 min

Amani Al-Ali, the first female cartoonist in Idlib, Syria, draws the life of her town, a bastion of jihadist groups that are  attempting to overthrow President Assad since 2011. Armed with her pen, she is struggling against Islamist authority and traditional patriarchy. But for how much longer will she have the strength to keep fighting, among the ruins of her town?

Q&A

19.10. / Documentation Centre
Alisar Hasan
Director

Q&A

19.10.
Documentation Centre
Alisar Hasan
Director

Credits

Year 2023
Production Countries Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Runtime 56 min
FSK Not rated
Language Arabic
Subtitle English
Premiere Status No Premiere Status
Directors Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer
Producer Hanne Phlypo
Co-Producers Estelle Robin You, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Heino Deckert
Cinematography Abdo Fayyad
Editing Neel Cockx, Céline Ducreux, Gladys Joujou
Sounddesign Ingrid Simon

Film

Draw for Change - We Are Fire (Mexico)

19. Oct / 15:00 / Documentation Centre
19. Oct / 17:10 / Documentation Centre
WE ARE FIRE highlights a young artist's rebellion against Mexico's dangerous reality for women. Mar Mar Maremoto uses her illustrations to inspire hope and solidarity. She talks to women fighting for change through self-defense and protests.

Film

Draw for Change - Tree of Violence (Russia)

19. Oct / 15:00 / Documentation Centre
19. Oct / 19:30 / Documentation Centre
In the past decade, political artist Victoria Lomasko has chronicled Putin's Russia through graphic reportage and explored domestic and state-sponsored violence. Since the Ukraine invasion, she faces increased threats to her safety, forcing her to decide her future.
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