SYNOPSIS
A reinvented initiation story, Damascus Dreams tells the story of Émilie, a filmmaker in search of an inaccessible homeland. By interweaving her father's memories, those of Syrian refugees and her own imagination, Émilie creates a country that lies somewhere between myth and reality, dream and nightmare, past and present.
Theme(s): Human Rights, Identity, Migration, War
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RÉALISATION
Émilie Serri
SEE COMPLETE PROFILEBased in Montreal, Émilie Serri is a filmmaker, video installation artist and curator. Distributed by the experimental film company LightCone in Paris, her work has traveled to numerous festivals internationally, and to artist-run centers and galleries in Canada. In 2018, she won the prestigious Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. Her first feature documentary film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.