''Cries from Syria'' is a 2017
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about the
Syrian Civil War, directed by
Evgeny Afineevsky
Evgeny Mikhailovich Afineevsky (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Афинеевский; born October 21, 1972) is an Israeli-American film director, producer and cinematographer. He has an Academy Award nomination and Emmy ...
, and acquired by
HBO.
It contains video shot by Syrians with and interviews with guerilla fighters, activists, journalists, defected military men, and refugees, some that are children.
In an interview Afineesky said, "I tried to put together a comprehensive story so that people can not only learn from the historical mistakes, but so people can reevaluate what we have on our hands."
On November 2, 2017, Afineevsky was named the Best Director at the annual
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Writ ...
in New York (conducted by the
Broadcast Film Critics Association
The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the ...
and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association). The nominations for ''Cries from Syria'' were Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Song in a Documentary (‘Prayers for this World’ written by
Diane Warren, and recorded by
Cher along with the West Los Angeles Children's Choir).. The film won the Cinema for Peace Most Valuable Documentary Award in 2018.
References
External links
Cries from Syriaon
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2017 documentary films
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Documentary films about war
Films directed by Evgeny Afineevsky
HBO documentary films
2010s American films