Screening date:02/12/2011 -- 18h00
Le Cinéma de Mohamad Malas

A portrait of Mohamad Malas, Syrian filmmaker born in 1945 in Quneitra. He founded a film center with Omar Amiralay,  directed 4 short films, including The Night, and documentaries, including Quneitra 74 about his native village in the Golan, which was taken and razed by the Israelis, and City Dreams (1984). A suspect in the eyes of the regime, he was not allowed to film for years.  Laurent Billard accompanied him to Quneitra where Malas was shooting his latest film with a group of children.

Country: France
Production: France3 Corse
Year: 2009
Director: Laurent Billard
Editing: Matthieu Bretaud
Cinematography: Thierry Levacon
Sound: Marion Renaud
DV – 26' 

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biography

Laurent Billard was born March 18, 1956. He is a documentary filmmaker and producer and has worked with Claude Berri and Roman Polanski. He has directed many documentaries, notably the series Un certain regard du Sud, portraits of Mediterranean filmmakers including Elia Suleiman, Mohamad Malas, Mohamed Chouikh, Avi Mograbi, Yasmine Kassari, Nourri Bouzid, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Koreige, as well as Jacques Demy, Amos Gitaï, Paul Carpita …

Filmography
1989/2005 – Séries de documentaires pour Littoral, Métropolis et Equidia
1999 - Le rire contre les larmes
2006/2009 - Un certain regard du Sud
2010 - Peuples de l'olivier 

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