A Silent Cinema (Un Cinema Muet) by Meyar al-Roumi (Syria/France, 2001, 29 min, Color, Beta SP PAL and DV-Cam NTSC)
 
Synopsis:

Upon graduating from a film studies program in Paris, Meyar al-Rumi returns to his native Damascus, eager to start making films. But when the script he proposes is rejected by the censors, he is instead inspired to make a portrait of the Syrian filmmakers who have been affected most by censorship. The film is a courageous short documentary on filmmaking in Syria.
Credits:
Directed by Meyar al-Roumi
Cinematography: Meyar el-Roumi
Sound: Meyar el-Roumi
Editing: Benjamin Weill, Benoît Tricit, Loïc Pommiers
Production: FEMIS (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son)
Filmmaker’s Biography:
Meyar al-Roumi graduated from the FEMIS (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l’Image et du Son), in Paris in 2001. He has worked as a director of photography on a number of documentary and fiction films in France and in Syria, to cite a few: Flood in Baath Country (Omar Amiralay, 2003), Blue-Grey (Mohammad al-Roumi, 2004), Contre la Montée (Damien Bertrand, 2003), Transit (Bani Khoshnoudi, 2004), Affaire de luxe (David Unger, 2001), Epicerie fine (Nathalie Hertzberg, 2000). He has also directed a number of documentaries, including, A Silent Cinema (Un cinéma muet, 2001), Waiting for the Day (Thilal al-Ayyam al-Ramadiyya, 2003) and Le Club de l'avenir (Nadi el-Mustaqbal, 2006).
Print Source:
La FEMIS
Bureau des Festivals: Ms. Fanny Lesage
6 rue Francoeur, 75018 Paris, France.
Tel: + 33 1 53 41 21 16
Fax: + 33 1 53 41 02 80.
Email: festival@femis.fr and fanny.lesage@femis.fr