Synopsis
In 2013, a Syrian official flees with 27,000 photos of corpses tortured to death in the country’s prisons since 2011. One year later, the photos of the Caesar Report reveal to the world the horror of the crimes of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime.
A discussion with the filmmakers and Jaber Baker (Syrian writer) and a drink will follow the screening.
Onderscheidingen
Nominated at the Geneva Film Festival (Switzerland)
Biografie van de regisseur
Garance Le Caisne is a French journalist and author. Her documentary book Opération César, about the atrocities committed in the prisons of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, published in 2015, gained international recognition. She then turned it into a documentary film.
Stéphane Malterre is a French film director and journalist. With a master’s degree in language science, he began his career as a print journalist and literary and film critic. He spent fifteen years as a reporter and editor-in-chief for an audiovisual news agency, writing, filming and directing over twenty investigative reports and documentaries. In 2022, he directed and co-wrote Lost Souls of Syria with Garance Le Caisne.
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