Obscure

Name: Obscure
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 57 min

Director: Soudade Kaadan

Rights:

Highlights

Won two awards in the 73rd Venice International Film Festival’s Final Cut
Received Bidayyat’s Documentary Grant and Screen Institute Beirut’s Fund
Directed by award-winning Syrian director Soudade Kaadan

2017/ Syria - Lebanon57 min/ Documentary

Original Title

Otmah

SYNOPSIS

Obscure depicts the story of Ahmad — a Syrian child who doesn’t want to remember that he is Syrian. Ahmad wants to remain silent and sleepy, partly traumatized, half attempting to escape his world.
He takes us on a trip where individual and collective Syrian memories collide in his silence and unwillingness to speak.

CREW

Screenwriter: Soudade Kaadan
DOP: Soudade Kaadan, Talal Khoury
Editor: Chaghig Arzoumanian, Soudade Kaadan

Production Company(ies)

KAF Production

Producer(s)

Amira Kaadan Salma Kaf

Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX), Denmark

Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), Switzerland

Shubbak Festival, UK

MAD Solutions Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy

Fribourg Film Festival Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy