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IDFA 2017

Aleppo's Fall

Nizam Najar
Norway, Denmark, France
2017
85 min
World Premiere
Festival history
When the Arab Spring reached Syria in 2011, Nizam Najjar, a Syrian now living in Norway, thought the rebels would quickly oust President Bashar al-Assad. But the peaceful protests were brutally suppressed, and the once united rebel movement fell apart. Najjar returns to Syria to investigate why the rebels are failing in Aleppo, the city of his birth. Embedded with the rebels and a local cameraman, he risks his life on the front. In the heat of battle, he discovers how danger comes not only from the outside, but also from within, as two rebel leaders operate opposing strategies. In meetings, during a ceasefire, at a party and in the midst of fighting, it becomes only too apparent that there's no brotherhood among the rebels. How can such a divided group defeat a leader who appears to be able to draw on inexhaustible resources from outside the country?
Credits
Director
Executive producer
Cinematography
    Bader Taleb,
    Bader Taleb,
    Nizam Najar
Screening copy
    Fenris Film
    Fenris Film
World Sales
    DR Sales
    DR Sales
Co-production
    YUZU Productions
    YUZU Productions