Nezouh

From Fri 17 to Tue 21 May
Films
New Releases

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2023 Venice Film Festival Nezouh is an allegorical tale of female emancipation set amidst the Syrian conflict in Damascus. When a shell rips a giant hole in the roof of the building where 14-year-old Zeina and her family live, they are suddenly exposed to the outside world. One day, a young boy living nearby lowers a rope through the opening in the family’s roof and Zeina discovers her first taste of freedom. Whilst her father is determined to stay in his home and not become a refugee, this new window opens an unimaginable world of possibilities to her and her mother who now face a dilemma of whether to stay or leave.

Special screening

The screening on 21 May will be followed by a Q&A with director Soudade Kaadan

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