{"id":279706,"date":"2020-09-04T09:53:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=279706"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:54:29","slug":"its-like-i-was-telling-my-story-syrian-filmmaker-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/its-like-i-was-telling-my-story-syrian-filmmaker-says\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s like I was telling my story,\u2019 Syrian filmmaker says"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The feature film by Syrian director Soudade Kaadan, \u2018The Day I Lost My Shadow,\u2019 mixes fiction with reality, portraying the daily life in Syria in the beginning of the war. For Kaadan, portraying strong female characters was just natural. \u201cI\u2019ve always drawn from my experience, the women in my life. It\u2019s like I was telling my story. I\u2019m a woman, and I believe that, based on how women experience the war in Syria, my protagonist is not a hero. She\u2019s just a regular human, trying to live one day at a time,\u201d she said during an online meeting hosted by the Arab Film Festival at Home on Wednesday (3).<\/p>\n

The movie portrays the beginning of the war in the country and was filmed in Lebanon. \u201cI portrayed the beginning of the war because she [the protagonist] had no choice when the war started. She was part of it,\u201d explained Kaadan, who won the Lion of the Future at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. The filmmaker explains that she was never a refugee and admits that this is a privilege compared to others from her country. The fact that she experienced a different reality from how her countrymen were usually portrayed led her make a work that showed a different, non-documental approach.<\/p>\n

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USP professor Esther Imp\u00e9rio Hamburger pointed out the merge of realism and fantasy in the film<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The meeting was moderated by Fl\u00e1via Guerra, a journalist, documentarist, curator, and film critic. It also featured questions from the audience and Esther Imp\u00e9rio Hamburger, professor at the Department of Film, Radio and Television of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (ECA\/USP). \u201cThe film has a realistic benchmark, as it is set in a real space, but there it is the issue of the shadow that wedges the real open and allows the imagination to fly,\u201d Hamburger pointed out about the metaphor that marks the film.<\/p>\n

The film struggled to attract investment, and the participation of Kaadan\u2019s sister as a producer was key. \u201cWhen you won the award in Venice, you said this was a very personal project of yours,\u201d Guerra commented. \u201cWhen I started, everybody only cared about documentaries. Nobody wanted to invest in fiction. But it is important for us how we express ourselves and how we put strong women in the movie. It\u2019s important for us as filmmakers. At the beginning it was hard because nobody liked the topic, but then my sister said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Journalist, documentarist and film critic Fl\u00e1via Guerra moderated the debate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For Kaadan, the importance of occupying central roles in productions such as this lies on the representation. \u201cAn independent film made by a Syrian filmmaker is different. Many Syrians believe that the movies don\u2019t represent them. I tried to make a realist movie so that the local audiences watched and were moved by it, too,\u201d she finished.<\/p>\n

The Arab Film Festival is taking place until September 13. In addition to the online meetings, several movies are being screened online. The Festival at Home is hosted by the Institute of Arab Culture (Icarabe), featuring SESC S\u00e3o Paulo as a co-host, and sponsored by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce <\/strong>(ABCC), with support from Instituto do Sono and the Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil (Fambras).<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arab World Film Festival at Home
\nAugust 28-September 13
\nFestival Platform<\/a>
\nSESC Platform<\/a>
\nFree of charge<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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