DAMASCUS DREAMS

Cannes Docs

SATURDAY 18 MAY 2019
10:00 1h30

Doc Corner Screening Room

DAMASCUS DREAMS

Directed by: Emilie SERRI

Produced by: Audrey-Ann DUPUIS-PIERRE (Double Prise)

Country of production: Canada

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.