OUR MEMORY BELONGS TO US
DIRECTOR: RAMI FARAH
Nearly 10 years after the beginning of the Syrian revolution, three Syrian activists – Yadan, Odai and Rani – reunite on a theatre stage in Paris. Through life-size projections onto a big screen, Syrian director Rami Farah confronts the three men with footage, some of it their own, depicting events that changed their destinies forever. Watching the brutal footage together, they reflect on their personal journeys, revive their collective memory, and wonder what is left of their hopes and dreams. Their reunion serves as a unique window into the complexity of the situation in Syria, where a peaceful uprising was replaced by a ferocious war.
PRODUCTION FACTS
Duration: 90 mins
Year: 2021
Language: English & Arabic
Produced by: Final Cut for Real (DK), On Screen Off Record Productions (FR) & OSOR Palestine.
Directed by: Rami Farah
Produced & co-directed by: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Producers: Lyana Saleh, Anne Köhncke
Co-producers: Reema Jarrar
Associate Producer: Heidi Elise Christensen
Editor: Gladys Joujou
Director of Photography: Henrik Bohn Ipsen, DFF
Lead Researcher: Dima Saber
Post Supervisor & Colorist: Anders V. Christensen
Sound Design: Henrik Garnov
Composer: Kinan Azmeh
Post Production Manager: Maria Kristensen, Francesc Sitges-Sardá
Supported by:
The Danish Film Institute, Danida, Danida Film Institute, IDFA Bertha Fund Europe (supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Program), IDFA Bertha Fund Classic, International Media Support, EURIMAGES, Creative Europe MEDIA Program, Timbuktu Foundation, Asia Pacific Screen Awards
TV-Broadcasters: DR
CONTACT
Production Contact:
Producer Signe Byrge Sørensen
byrge@final-cut.dk
Publicist:
Sofie Lykke Strenstrop
sofiestenstrop@gmail.com
AWARDS
CPH:DOX 2021, Denmark - Special Mention, DOX:AWARD competition
DokuFest 2021, Prizren, Kosovo - winner: Human Rights DOX award
DOK Leipzig - Film Prize Leipziger Ring
Against Gravity 2022, Poland - Amnesty International Poland Award
FESTIVALS
Safar Film Festival - London 2022, UK
Athens Avant Garde Film Festival 2022, Greece
Regards Palestiniens / Cinema Politica 2022, Montreal Canada
Dream City Tunis, 2022 - Tunesia
DMZ Docs 2022, Korea
Macao Int. Doc Film Festival 2022, Macao
Regards Palestiniens / Cinema Politica 2022, Montreal, Canada
Against Gravity 2022, Poland
HotDocs 2022, Canada
Aflam Festival, Marseille 2022, France
WOW Wales One World Film Festival 2022, Wales
One World Int. Human Rights Film Festival 2022, Czech Republic
This Human World 2021, Austria
Palestine Cinema Days 2021, Palestine
IDFA 2021, the Netherlands
Verzió Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2021, Hungary
DOK Leipzig 2021, Germany
Camden International Film Festival 2021, USA
DokuFest 2021, Kosovo
Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, 2021, USA
CPH:DOX, 2021, Denmark