Besieged Bread

Khobz El Hissar

NORDIC PREMIERE
Syria / 2015 / Arabic dialogue with English subtitles / 12 minutes

A woman smuggles bread to the besieged area with a shapely tree as her only shelter. A man runs away from the Syrian army leaving everything behind him. They both know there is no escape. Besieged Bread is a portait of a meeting between two commons in the middle of a chaotic war; a war that doesn’t escape anyone.

Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director born in France. She has directed and produced documentary films for Aljazeera Documentary Channel,UNHCR and UNICEF and her films has been screened at a number of international film festivals.

Director: Soudade Kaadan
Script: Soudade Kaadan
Cast: Lama Hakim, Gabriel Malki, Ehab Shaaban
DOP: Mark Khalife
Producer: KAF Production