The Return to Homs (2013)

Original title

Return to Homs

Directed by

Talal Derki

Genre

documentary film

Country

Syria, Germany

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows two young Syrian men in the besieged city of Homs during the early years of the civil war. It shows their daily struggle for survival and resistance against overwhelming military force.

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What happens

The Return to Homs (Arabic: العودة إلى حمص; German: Homs - Ein zerstörter Traum, lit. 'Homs: A Shattered Dream') is a 2013 Syrian-German documentary film written and directed by Talal Derki. It is produced by Orwa Nyrabia and Hans Robert Eisenhauer while Diana El Jeiroudi served as the associate producer. The film premiered in-competition at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on November 20, 2013, as the opening film of the festival. The film also premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014. It won the Grand Jury Prize award at the festival. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Journeyman Pictures acquired the worldwide distribution rights of the film. The film's TV rights has been previously sold to ARTE for France and Germany, NHK for Japan, RTS for Switzerland, SVT for Sweden, and Radio Canada. It also served as the closing film at 2014 Human Rights Film Festival on March 28, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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