MY ALEPPO
2015 / 18min / Digital / Color
Director / Cinematographer / Editor
After fleeing the civil war in Syria and relocating to South Africa, a young family struggles to preserve their ties to the ancient city of Aleppo. Confined to their one-room apartment, they receive a string of unsettling news from relatives still caught in the conflict.
Cinema Eye Honors Nominee, Nonfiction Short Filmmaking, 2017
Doc Fortnight - MoMA, 2016
Camden International Film Festival, 2016
San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), 2016
DOCUMENTAMADRID, 2016
True/False, 2016
Sarasota Film Festival, 2016 - Winner for Documentary Short
Syria Film Festival Toronto, 2016
ZagrebDox, 2016 - Movies That Matter Award
Ankara International Film Festival, 2016
Solothurn Film Festival, 2016
Sheffield Film Festival, 2016
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), 2015 - ARRI IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary
Telluride Film Festival, 2015