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MAKING OF dHassiba [Syria]

Directed by Raymond Boutros

Shot in Damascus, Syria,  08/12/2006
Making of directed by Gilbert Cherfane

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 Raymond BOUTROS - DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER
This story is one of the most prominent ones in the contemporary Arab literature. I was attracted by its topic, and the singularity of the characters that evolve around it. So I wrote a script on this novel for it to become a feature film...
image Sulafa FAWAKHERJI - ACTRESS
'Hassiba', as the director and everyone around here believe is a film dedicated to the women of Damascus. The film takes place between 1927 and 1952 approximately...
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 Georges EL-KHOURY - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
'Hassiba' is the first Syrian film to be produced by the National Association of Cinema (NAS) in High Definition format (HD). All the films that were previously produced by the NAS have been shot on film...
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 Wafik AL ZAIM - ACTOR
I have always been attracted by the story of ‘Hassiba,’ and I was pleased to read the script that the director had written, which made me instantly accept to play a role in it, even if it was a limited one...
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 Tarhat HAMDI - ACTOR
‘Hassiba’ is one of the most important stories to be written by Arab Syrian writer Khairi Al Dahabi. It tackled the era of French colonialism to Syria in the last decade and the resistance movement that faced it...
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National Film Organisation (in Syria) / Mohammad Al Ahmad
E: cinema@mail.sy
T: 00963 1133 471 20 / 00963 11 332 08 92

 

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Last update March 2008