SYNOPSIS
The fiery leader of the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 fights to keep the flame of revolution alive from exile.
CAST & CREW
Faisal Attrache
Director
Producer(s)
Deema Dabis, Nikolai Galitzine
Script
Faisal Attrache
Director of Photography
Nikolai Galitzine
Music by
Kinan Azmeh, Vocals: Mais Harb
Sound
Piotr Kubiak
Edit
Abdallah Saada
Cast
Ramzi Choukair, Yumna Marwan, Jamal Awar, Yazan Al-Hakim
Faisal Attrache
Faisal Attrache is a writer, director and producer who tells stories about universal human experiences with a socially conscious message. Born in Swaida, Syria, Attrache grew up in California and is currently based in the UK. He received an MFA in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles. His short docu-fiction film Hasta siempre, Comandante (2016), made under the tutelage of Abbas Kiarostami, won a Mention Spéciale du Jury at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short FF, France. His short documentary Growing Home (2014) premiered at the Sheffield DocFest, UK (2015) and won Best Documentary Short at the Newport Beach FF, US. From the Mountain (2021), his latest short historical drama based on part of his great-grandfather’s life, premiered at the Red Sea FF, Saudi Arabia and Rome Independent FF.
Filmography
Documenters (short, 2014), Growing Home (doc. short, 2014), Hasta siempre, Comandante (short, 2016), From the Mountain (short, 2021).
