THE MULBERRY HOUSE
IDFA 2013 | 64min | 2K DCP 5.1 | Arabic & English | English subtitles | Yemen, UK, Syria, Egypt
“ deeply personal memoir offers a rare glimpse into a Yemini household's response to recent upheaval.”
— Variety Magazine
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
IDFA Panorama 2013
This Human World Film Festival - Best Documentary Jury Award
Dubai Film Festival, Muhr Arab Award Nominee
DokFest Munich - Dok Horizons competition
Carthage film Festival competition.
London HRW Film Festival
Doc Barcelona
FILM TEAM
Writer, Producer and Director: Sara Ishaq
A Co-Production of Yemen, UK, Syria, Egypt:
Diana El Jeiroudi for Proaction Film (Syria)
Sara Ishaq for Sitara Films (Yemen and UK)
Mustafa Yousef for Seen Films (Egypt)
International Sales: No Nation Films GmbH
Support
AFAC, Just Films, IDFA Bertha Fund, Injaaz Dubai
SYNOPSIS
In Syria, everyday, YouTubers film then die; others kill then film.
In Paris, driven by my inexhaustible love for Syria, I find that I can only film the sky and edit the footage posted on YouTube.
From within the tension between my estrangement in France and the revolution, an encounter happened. A young Kurdish from Homs began to chat with me, asking: ‘If your camera were here, in Homs, what would you be filming?”. Silvered Water is the story of that encounter.
available on vimeo in certain territories.
SALES & FESTIVALS CONTACTS
International Sales
No Nation Films
Distributors
Seen Films & Setara Films (Middle East & North Africa)
Parallel 40 (Spain, Andorra, Chile and Colombia)
Cinema Vienna (Austria)
The Cinema Guild (USA and Canada)