AGENDA

16 > 25/10/2014

• thu 16
• fri 17
• sat 18
• sun 19
• mon 20
• tue 21
• wed 22
• thu 23
• fri 24
• sat 25

sat 25

• film 15:00
• Debate 17:00
• film 18:00
• Debate 18:00
• film 19:00
• film 20:30
• Debate 20:30
• film 20:45
• concert 21:00
• concert 23:00

In Syria, the resistance against Bashar Al-Assad has been organised in blood and in ruins. Abdul Basset Saroot, the film’s main protagonist, is a guerrilla leader in the city of Homs. From pacifistic leadership to armed logistics, this charismatic 19-year-old, an ex-professional goalkeeper, is now risking his life every day. Filmed from 2011 to 2013, this documentary gives us a vision from the inside of how Syria’s rebels operate on a daily basis.

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Documentary, Sundance Film Festival (USA), 2014

Preceded by a screening of the short film Dieu et les Chiens [God and the Dogs] (12’) by Abounaddara Collective. Facing the camera, a young soldier in the Free Syrian Army explains that he killed an innocent bystander. To alleviate his pain? Today, he suffers from this memory and tries, but is unable, to kill himself.

These two films will be preceded by the closing ceremony of the International Documentary Film Competition and the announcement of the 2014 award winners.