• 5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution



  • 5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution



  • 5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution



  • 5 Seasons of Revolution

    5 Seasons of Revolution



5 Seasons of Revolution

by Lina

5 Seasons of Revolution

Germany, Syria, The Netherlands, Norway | 2023 | 95:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
Young independent filmmaker and reporter Lina goes underground to document the Syrian revolution, adopting a series of aliases to avoid detection from the violent state. In Damascus, she is Lina, one of the many of the silent passerbys, but in Homs, she is Maya the war reporter and in Aleppo, she is Lama.

In her debut, 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION, Lina uses video diaries of smuggled footage and memoir to share this personal story of her close group of friends – Susu, Rima, Malaz, and Bassel – as they are slowly pulled deeper into the struggle for freedom and autonomy against enemies known and unknown. One by one, they are detained and targeted by the regime and Lina ends up alone and isolated amidst the violence and chaos. She continues filming to find clarity.

Months transform into years, and Lina – aka Maya aka Layla aka Lama – returns over and over again to the frontlines to witness the regime’s brutal crackdown and see her country morph into a staging ground of global proxy wars. When Lina is detained and held captive in Aleppo, she witnesses unspeakable suffering and torture, and barely escapes.

Told over the course of a decade and against the backdrop of shifting historical forces, 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION is Lina’s story; the tale of becoming brave. [Deckert Distribution]
Festivals/Awards
2023
Sundance FF
25 TiDF – 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
38 DOK.fest Munich – DOK.focus Power of Media?
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival Oslo
Bildrausch Filmfest Basel
15 DMZ Korea
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
Cast and Crew
  • Director Lina
  • Producer Diana El Jeiroudi
  • Editor Diana El Jeiroudi
  • Sound Design Mark Glynne, Tom Bijnen
  • Digital Colorist Leif Kyrre Hervik Larsen
  • VFX Supervisor John Iver Berg
Original Languages

English

Arabic

World Sales Company
FILM HARBOUR
Amsterdam
info@filmharbour.com
https://filmharbour.com
Production Company
NO NATION FILMS GmbH
Friesickestr. 17 , 13086 Berlin
info@no-nation.de
https://no-nation.de
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