Starting with Fragments

by Robert Dobe, Omar Shalash

    Synopsis

    When Tamer Alawam was killed by a grenade in 2012, he left over 300 hours of film footage of the Syrian Revolution – images, which were meant to show Syria from inside. Overwhelmed by the flood of these images and driven by feelings of grief, responsibility and powerlessness, two young filmmakers and friends of Tamer in far away Germany start their own search for answers. While one of them meets with Tamer's companions to find out more about the motivations of his friend, the other begins collecting reactions in German society towards the war in Syria. A documentary about humanity, responsibility and the difficulties of finding the right way of action.

    Festivals

    2019
    22nd ICARO - Festival International de Cine en Centroamérica

    2020
    6th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Robert Dobe, Omar Shalash

    Producer

    Uwe Nadler

    Screenplay

    Robert Dobe

    Score

    Omar Shalash

    Sound

    Felix Göpfert, Hans Bauer, Felix Baier

    Editor

    Janine Dauterich

    DoP

    Uwe Nadler, Julius Blum, Dorit Jeßner, Finn Fredeweß

    Production assistant

    Stefanie Eisenreich, Steffi Rostoski

    Compositing

    Julius Gracz

    Sound Design

    Edward Sikorski

    Digital colourist

    Hans Bauer

    Animation

    Florian Göpfert, Till Hohmann