Private Project

Home Of The Rivers

Near death multiple experiences under Damascus bombardments became the motive for a second rational change in Salam Zuheiry's life.
For after becoming "Eshkenda"(Sabian-mandaean graded religious man), due to his feeling of pain and losing identity upon his immigration with his family and most mandaean community from Iraq to Damascus, since 2004 after Iraqian war, he endures a second war in Syria, which became his inspiration to come back to the art of sculpture that he abandoned since more than thirteen years. With the support of his daughter Noura and the syrian artist Fadi Yazeji, he slowly overcomes the religious man/ artist dilemma, and sculpts "the scream", his scream to stop all this death and shattering.
The film events with Zuheiry family take place in Jermana (Damascus suburb). The movie starts with the legend of the Mesopotamian flood, projecting it to the current Middle East wars; through the Zuheiry family the issues of identity and trace are questioned, as well as life recuperation after total destruction, in a hosting country that has itself become a subject to this new age highest ratio of immigration.

  • Maya Mounayer
    Director
  • Maya Mounayer
    Producer
  • Mohammad Ali Maleh
    Editor
  • Samir Kwefati
    Music
  • Fida Chalhoub
    Co-Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 16 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 2, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Syrian Arab Republic
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD "apple ProRes"
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Muscat International Film Festival
    Muscat
    Oman
    March 29, 2018
    Premiere world
    Special mention
  • Oran Arab Film Festival
    Oran
    Algeria
    August 5, 2018
    Africa
    Official Selection
  • Malmo Arab Film Festival
    Malmo
    Sweden
    October 6, 2018
    Sweden premiere
    Official selection
  • Jerusalem International Film Festival
    Jerusalem
    Palestine, State of
    December 18, 2018
    Golden Olive / best award for feature documentary
  • Luxor African Film Festival
    Luxor
    Egypt
    March 19, 2019
    Egypt premiere
    Best Artistic Achievement Prize / freedom competition
  • Karama Beirut Human’s Rights Film Festival
    Beirut
    Lebanon
    July 5, 2019
    Lebanon premiere
Director - Maya Mounayer