Eight years ago, protests against President Bashar al-Assad filled the streets of Syria, swept up by the boisterous energy of the Arab Spring. As hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched to demand …
. Fragments of daily life patched together over the course of nearly seven years, “During Revolution” is a startling homage to the perseverance of a country where hundreds of thousands have died and millions have been displaced. Kiwan spoke toin Locarno about how Abounaddara has worked to film the revolution from a different point of view, and why the Syrian fight for dignity and independence hasn’t ended.
Did you consider adding more context? Not necessarily having talking heads and other conventions of the documentary form, but something in a slightly more traditional format. We don’t do it that way because we think that the viewer is not able to understand, or to feel. The idea is to let the film itself express that thing which is revolution — that energy we cannot control. To make you feel lost between documentary and fiction. You just have to feel that, to understand that what’s happening there is unique — something very deep, and something universal. In the small details, the human details, you can recognize yourself or identify with them.
I’m privileged. I am not living in Syria, so that’s why I can represent my comrades without being targeted. To be honest, for them – even for Maya – the anonymity is of course for security reasons. It is important to protect their identity. But also, anonymity is good to create without being afraid of the judgment of your people, your neighbors. The idea of anonymity gives us more energy to create. We have taken huge risks with our shorts, and with our work in general.
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