Al Basateen

In 2015, in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi district and its orchards were razed to the ground as punishment for the population’s uprising against the regime. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood.

Director: Antoine Chapon

Antoine Chapon (b. 1990, France) is a film-maker and multidisciplinary artist. His work creates hybrid forms using cinema, CGI animation and archives. His first short film My Own Landscapes premiered in Visions du Reel where it won the Best Short Film Award. He is currently writing his first feature documentary.