Young audience
5 Seasons of Revolution
LINA
School
12-19
Documentaries
2023
95 min
Germany, Syria, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar
Synopsis
A young Syrian journalist records her country’s descent into civil war.
In the spring of 2011, Damascus-based Lina is a young filmmaker who begins to report on the unfolding conflict in Syria. While Lina and her friends are initially hopeful about the pro-democracy uprisings, events take a turn for the worse and Syria descends into a prolonged calamity. The revolution turns into civil war, months turn into years. Diaristic in nature and spanning over a decade, 5 Seasons of Revolution charts the experiences of Lina and her friends as their country is in freefall.
Compiled from years of video diaries and footage shot by Lina while undercover with multiple aliases, 5 Seasons of Revolution is a forceful memoir of a group of young people whose fates become inextricably entangled in Syria’s political and humanitarian crisis.
Accessible from 15 years and over
Screenplay
- Lina
- Diana El Jeiroudi
Cinematographer
- Lina
Sound
- Tom Bijnen
- Mark Glynne
- Lina
- Pim Stoltz
- Franco van der Linde
- Olmo van Straalen
- Bonnie Williams
Production
- Diana El Jeiroudi
Screenings
Date
Hour
Place
Language
Subtitles
Screening
Friday 08 March 2024
09:00
Lieux :
Ciné Utopia
Audio :
English,Arabic
Subtitles :
English
Screening :
School Screening
Trailer and photos
LINA
Born and raised in Damascus, Lina is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. She has been reporting on the Middle East for over ten years and holds a master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking from Essex University. 5 Seasons of Revolution, her first feature-length film, is compiled from years of video diaries and undercover footage.
Filmography
- 5 Seasons of Revolution (documentary) 2023
- Playground in Hell (short documentary) 2015
- Resilience in Action (short documentary) 2011
