ESCAPING DAMASCUS
Directors: Lorenz Piehl and Robin Weiland
Short film | D | 2014
14 min | Stereo
48th Hof International Film Festival
2014
The film tries to provide a new platform of discussion on the Syrian civil war and to break an emotional barrier. Three of the actors themselves fled from Damascus and all have a similar fate to that of the characters portrayed. For this reason, they not only had to come to terms with their own past, but also incorporated their own horrible experiences into the film.