5 Seasons of Revolution
Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage
Lina / Feature Documentary / Syria, Germany, Norway, Qatar / 2022 / 75 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: War, Creative Documentary, Social Issues, Women Issues, Exile
Synopsis
An aspiring video journalist in her 20s finds herself already facing self-reckoning. Born in Damascus, Syria, Lina starts to report on the events around her until she is compelled to become a war reporter and, later, the unexpected narrator of her own destiny.
Credits
- Director
- Lina
- Screenwriter
- Lina
- Producer
- Diana El Jeiroudi, Orwa Nyrabia, Torstein Grude, Ilja Roomans
- Executive Producer
- Laura Poitras
About the Director
Born in Damascus, Lina is a documentary filmmaker, a journalist and a camerawoman, who's been documenting events in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey over the past ten years. She holds a master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking from Essex University. Lina made short and medium-length documentaries and her debut feature, ‘5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION" premiers at Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition 2023.