9 DAYS – FROM MY WINDOW IN ALEPPO
2016 Films
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12m
One morning in August 2012, renowned Syrian photographer Issa Touma saw young men lugging sandbags into his street. It turned out to be the start of the Syrian uprising in the city of Aleppo. Touma grabbed his camera and spent nine days holed up in his apartment, recording what was happening outside. The result? An unprecedented glimpse into a war that has been raging for three years now.
Direction: Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma, Thomas Vroege
Script: Issa Touma
Production: Jos de Putter, Jos de Putter
Cinematography: Issa Touma
Editing: Floor van der Meulen, Thomas Vroege
Sound: Tom Jansen
Original Title: 9 DAYS – FROM MY WINDOW IN ALEPPO
Original Language: Arabic
Film Production Countries: Netherlands, Syria
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/9daysfrommywindowinaleppo/
Biography of the Director/s
Floor van der Meulen (1989) studied Audiovisual Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and graduaded in 2012. Her graduation film YOU & I (Jij & Ik) was shown on multiple festivals in Europe. In 2014 she made her international debut as a documentary filmmaker with STORMING PARADISE (Paradijsbestormers) which premiered at DokLeipzig.
Thomas Vroege (1988) graduated from Sint Joost Academy of Arts with the short documentary film THE SON & THE STRANGER which won a 'WILDCARD' award from The Netherlands Filmfund. He made the poetic documentary SO HELP ME GOD (2015) and worked as an editor for the documentary film installation Oil & Paradise by Ad Nuis.
9 DAYS is a collaboration between them both and Syrian photographer Issa Touma. In 1996 he established Le Pont, a gallery and workshop for photography. In 1997 he started the International Photography Festival Aleppo. His work can be found in international collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Filmography of the Director/s
Floor van der Meulen:
2016 - IN VRIJHEID, TV
2014 - STORMING PARADISE, doc
2012 - YOU & I, short
Thomas Vroege:
2015 - SO HELP ME GOD, short
2014 - THE SON & THE STRANGER
Awards Won
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol: EFA Nomination
Huesca IFF: Dazante for best Short Documentary
Kinodot: Audience Prize
Tampere FF: Special Merit for Documentary & Honorable Mention (Int'l Competition
World Sales:
Some Shorts
Wouter Jansen
st Annastraat 149
Nijmegen, 6524ER, Netherlands
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +31622076717
Website: http://www.someshorts.com/
Press:
Some Shorts
Wouter Jansen
st Annastraat 149
Nijmegen, 6524ER, Netherlands
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +31622076717
Website: http://www.someshorts.com/
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