Directing Hala Alabdalla Born January 1, 1956 (age 70) Hala Alabdalla is a Syrian cinematographer and director. ↗ Share Known For‹Venice 70: Future Reloaded · 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded★ 5.02013MovieDramaDocumentaryMade for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.▶+Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence · 2021Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence2021MovieDocumentaryVeteran Syrian director Hala Alabdalla returns to LFF with a moving portrait of her late friend and pioneer of Arab non-fiction cinema.▶+I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave · 2006I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave★ 5.02006MovieDocumentaryInterviews with three Syrian women who live in exile.▶+As If We Were Catching a Cobra · 2012As If We Were Catching a Cobra2012MovieDocumentaryFocusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming a vehicle for dissent and a voice for freedom of expression in the Arab world.▶+Over the Sand, Under the Sun · 1998Over the Sand, Under the Sun1998MovieDocumentaryShort documentary about political prisoners struggling to come to terms with haunting memories, produced for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film presents a reflection on the effects of prison in general and on the theatre director Ghassan Jbaii in particular. The artist used his work to come to terms with his haunting memories and regain the world outside the prison walls.▶+› FilmographySortPopularNewestTop ratedVenice 70: Future Reloaded · 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded★ 5.02013MovieDramaDocumentaryMade for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.▶+DirectorOmar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence · 2021Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence2021MovieDocumentaryVeteran Syrian director Hala Alabdalla returns to LFF with a moving portrait of her late friend and pioneer of Arab non-fiction cinema.▶+DirectorI Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave · 2006I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave★ 5.02006MovieDocumentaryInterviews with three Syrian women who live in exile.▶+DirectorAs If We Were Catching a Cobra · 2012As If We Were Catching a Cobra2012MovieDocumentaryFocusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming a vehicle for dissent and a voice for freedom of expression in the Arab world.▶+DirectorOver the Sand, Under the Sun · 1998Over the Sand, Under the Sun1998MovieDocumentaryShort documentary about political prisoners struggling to come to terms with haunting memories, produced for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film presents a reflection on the effects of prison in general and on the theatre director Ghassan Jbaii in particular. The artist used his work to come to terms with his haunting memories and regain the world outside the prison walls.▶+Director
