THE WAR SHOW

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By Andreas DALSGAARD, Obaidah ZYTOON

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Documentary - Completed 2016

Festivals
& Awards

Bergen International Film Festival 2016

Human Right Award

Venice Film Festival 2016

Best Film (Venice Days)

DMZ International Documentary Festiavl 2017

International Competition

Bodil Awards 2017

Best Documentary

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2017

Human Rights Dox

FOCAL International Awards 2017

Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production

Göteborg Film Festival 2017

Best Nordic Documentary

Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 2017

Audience Award

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Countries
- DENMARK, FINLAND, GERMANY
- Languages
- ARABIC
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Andreas DALSGAARD, Obaidah ZYTOON
- Writer(s)
- Andreas DALSGAARD, Obaidah ZYTOON
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-4EA1-0000-6-0000-0000-J
- Producer(s)
- Miriam NØRGAARD (Fridthjof Film), Alaa HASSAN, Ronnie FRIDTHJOF (Fridthjof Film), David B. SØRENSEN
- Synopsis
- “The War Show” is the story of the Syrian radio host Obaidah Zytoon and her friends, who in March 2011 join the street protests against the oppressive regime. The group lives among artists and activists and knowing the Arab Spring will forever change their country, this group of artists and activists begin filming their lives as they participate in the demonstrations against President Assad. But as the regime’s violent response spirals the country into a bloody civil war, their hopes for a better future are tested by violence, imprisonment and death.
  Obaidah Zytoon leaves Damascus and journeys around the country, from her hometown of Zabadani, to the center of the rebellion in Homs, to northern Syria where she witnesses the rise of extremism.
  “The War Show” is a deeply personal road movie, that captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends, whose life and dreams are turned into nightmares, while the country collapses into chaos around them.