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One Day in Aleppo
IDFA 2017

One Day in Aleppo

Yaoum fi Halap
Ali Alibrahim
Syria, Sweden
2017
24 min
Dutch Premiere
Festival history
The camera keeps on filming as the bombs continue to fall and the inhabitants of Aleppo continue to die, day after day. Without words, the lens focuses in—sometimes from above—on the smoldering ruins and the people struggling to survive among them. When Russia cuts off the supply of food and medicine, there is every reason to despair. This small, loving mosaic of images shows the resilience and resistance of the Syrians, building tiny beacons of hope and keeping up their courage by rolling up their sleeves and getting on with life. One man feeds the stray cats, another gathers wood, a third bakes bread—it proves possible to repair a water heater using debris from the smashed buildings. A group of children use paint to brighten up the dusty walls and wrecked cars of the city surrounded by the Syrian army. These are all very ordinary, everyday activities that could almost be reassuring, were it not for the awful background they're taking place against.
Credits
Director
Cinematography
    Mojahed Abo Al Joud,
    Abo Taim Alhalabi,
    Khalil Hajar,
    Mustafa Sarout,
    Amer Abo Sham,
    Abdo Fayyad,
    Amer Halbe,
    Hasan Kattan
    Mojahed Abo Al Joud,
    Abo Taim Alhalabi,
    Khalil Hajar,
    Mustafa Sarout,
    Amer Abo Sham,
    Abdo Fayyad,
    Amer Halbe,
    Hasan Kattan
Sound Design
    Morten Groth Brandt,
    Jamie Louis Thurman
    Morten Groth Brandt,
    Jamie Louis Thurman
Music
    Nina Akerblom Nielsen
    Nina Akerblom Nielsen
Screening copy
    Verité Production
    Verité Production
Co-production
    Aleppo Media Center
    Aleppo Media Center