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SPECIAL SCREENING: The Emigrants - Mohamad Abdulaziz

2 May'16
- 20:00

Conversation with Mohamad Abdulaziz & Samer Omran live from Syria

Jury Prize Best Feature Film, Arab Camera Festival, Rotterdam. Belgian Premiere.

It’s New Year’s Eve in a European country and two Syrian immigrants are having a philosophical conversation in a cellar. One is an intellectual and a politician, fleeing his country in search of freedom. The other is an ordinary worker, seeking a better life. United by their alienation, they tell each other the details of their life, their sufferings and moments of happiness. Followed by a conversation between Mohammed Abdulaziz, Samer Omran and Gawan Fagard (Cinemaximiliaan).

RELATED EVENTS
MAY 4, 3:00-5:30 PM, RITCS Cinema: Masterclass with Mohamed Abdulaziz and Samer Omran
MAY 4, 7:00 PM, RITCS Cinema: Screening Four O'clock in Paradise by Mohamed Abdulaziz
MAY 6, 7:30 PM, Kunstenfestivaldesarts at Les Brigittines: Debate "Artistic Practices in Conflict Zones", with Mohamed Abdulaziz, Samer Omran, Shalan Alhamwy

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  • Subtitles: English

The Emigrants / المهاجران (Mohamed Abdulaziz, Syria, 2015, 105', Arabic with English subtitles, with Samer Omran and Mouhammad Ala Reshi).


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