Sokrania 59

Arab Short Films

Sokrania 59

Genre:
Drama

Year:
2023

Duration:
21 minutes

Rating:
18+

Screenplay: Abdallah Al Khatib

Cast: Hiam Abbas, Hakim Traidia, Olga Tolmachova, Uliana Zesenska, Jaafar Alkhatib

Cinematography: Jean Combier

Editing: Salah Issaad

Production: Salah Issaad & Taqiyeddine Issaad - Evidence Film

Début Status: Jordanian Première

Synopsis

Refugees in Germany, Aisha, her husband Jamel, and their son Samir have fled the Yarmouk camp in Syria.

Welcomed into a house provided by public reception institutions, they try to acclimate to their new life despite the untimely visits of a rigid municipal agent.

One day, the agent introduces them to Maria and Sofia, a mother and daughter who are fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war. The two families are forced to live together despite their different lifestyles and the suffering they endure in exile.

Director’s biography

Abdallah Jamal AlKhatib, born in 1989 in Damascus, is a Palestinian-Syrian film director, writer, and human rights defender. He studied Sociology at the University of Damascus and worked at UNRWA before co-founding the Watad Center for Training and Development during the 2011 Syrian revolution. Honored as Peacemaker of the Year by German Greenpeace magazine in 2014 and awarded the Swedish Per Anger Prize for Human Rights in 2016, AlKhatib now resides in Germany. He focuses on writing and directing documentaries, including his award-winning "Little Palestine - Diary of a Siege", shown in over 50 countries, which won the Black Iris Award at the third edition of the Amman International Film Festival.