Best of Fests
REPUBLIC OF SILENCE
Deutschland, Frankreich, Syrien, Qatar, Italien 2021 – Director: Diana El Jeiroudi – Original with English subtitles, Q&A with Diana El Jeiroudi (director)
In exile in Berlin there is calm – but what has been happening in her homeland of Syria for more than a decade makes the director break up inside. The traumas and wounds of experiencing and fleeing from civil war run deep. Skilfully put together from a wide variety of fragments, the film provides a radically personal viewpoint. Uncompromising and moving at the same time. Maren Willkomm
Winner of the Goethe-Institut Award 2021, given at DOK Leipzig
Production: Diana El Jeiroudi, No Nation Films GmbH/Les Films d'Ici, ARTE France. Producer: Diana El Jeiroudi. Length: 181 min. Distribution: Salzgeber