Filmclub on Fridays "Lover´s notebooks" (arab. w. engl. Subtitles)

The population of Saraqeb in Syria expresses post-revolutionary changes and the ongoing misery of their country through graffiti. The walls provide the basis for their existence as well as protection from outside violence. They bear the names of martyrs, common expressions, poems, revolutionary slogans and other graffiti. The documentary „Lovers‘ Notebooks“ was shot over three years by Saraqeb inhabitant and media activist Eyad Aljarod (this is his first film), and co-directed by Canadian-Syrian Aliaa Khachouk. The film reveals the constant tension between revolutionary energy and despair, between leaving a place and deciding to return, between the euphoria over a beautiful image and the fear of war. Throughout the film and through the night, the walls of Saraqeb are filled with text like a lover’s notebook.
„Lover’s Notebooks“ participated in :
– The international film festival Rotterdam, Holland. ( 21st of Jan – 1st of Feb / 2015).
– The Montreal Film Festival, Canada. ( 21st of Feb 2015).
– The Palace of Nations in Geneva & Lausanne in Switzerland.
– Homs festival for documentary film in Syria.
– The Syrian Cinema Club in Paris.
– In the municipal theater in Turkey (Gaziantep).
– Wednesday Cinema Club, Kuwait.
The film’s Facebook page:
https://web.facebook.com/LoversNotebooksMovie?ref=bookmarks
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