DAMASCUS DREAMS

Original title: Damascus dreams

Completed in: January 2020

Synopsis:

Faced with the conflict in Syria, Emilie, whose father is Syrian, tries to reconnect with her cultural heritage by imagining a fictional country able to contain both the memories of the newcomers she meets, her father’s and her own. Weaving together testimonies, archival material and performances, Damascus Dreams addresses questions of identity, memory and loss in the context of a war.