The Orchards
Synopsis
In 2015, the Basateen al-Razi district of Damascus was razed to the ground as punishment for the population’s uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. This area is set to be replaced by Marota City, a modern and connected district featuring 80 skyscrapers. Ten years on, two former residents who have lost everything talk about their neighborhood, where their homes and the oldest orchards in Damascus once stood. Through their testimonies and the repurposing of regime-produced 3D animations, memory is awakened and resists this deliberate erasure.
Schedule
21 November 2025, 13:00 WIB
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Credits
Antoine Chapon
Antoine Chapon (b. 1990, France) is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. His work creates hybrid forms using cinema, CGI animation and archives. His first short film, My Own Landscapes (2020), premiered in Visions du Réel where it won the Best Short Film Award. He is currently writing his first feature documentary.
Thomas Hakim
Thomas Hakim founded Petit Chaos with Julien Graff in 2018 after working as a producer manager and producer for several companies, such as Geko Films and Why Not. He works with directors from different backgrounds across cinema, contemporary art, and countries, including France, India, Rwanda, China, Vietnam.
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