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1970s


1971

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A Woman of Fire A Woman of Fire (Arabic: ''امرأة من نار'', French: ''femme de feu'', translit: ''Imra' Min Nar'' or ''EMRA'A MEN NAR'') is a 1971 Syrian film starring Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Yousri. The film is written and directed by Reda Mayser. Sy ...
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1973

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The Dupes ''The Dupes'' ( ar, المخدوعون, 'al-makhdūʿūn') is a 1973 Syrian drama film directed by Tewfik Saleh and starring Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lotfi, Saleh Kholoki and Thanaa Debsi. Based on Ghassan Kanafani's 1 ...
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Tewfik Saleh Tewfik Saleh ( ar, توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah. Biography Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his in ...
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Memory of a Night of Love Memory of a Night of Love (Arabic: ''ذكري ليلة حب'', French: ''Souvenir d'une Nuit d'Amour'', translit: ''Thikra Laylat Houbb'' or ''Zekra Lailat Hubb'') is a 1973 Syrian film starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly and Nabila Ebeid. The film is w ...
'' * '' Wajh Akhar Lil Hub'' ( Muhammad Shahin)


1974

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Al-Mughamara ''Al-Mughamara'' ( ar, المغامرة) (''The Adventure'') is a Syrian film which was released in 1974 in film, 1974. It was directed by the Syrian film Director Muhammad Shahin. The movie is 100 minutes long. Plot This film depends on histor ...
'' ( Muhammad Shahin) * '' Everyday Life in a Syrian Village'' (
Omar Amiralay Omar Amiralay ( ar, عمر أميرالاي) (1944 – 5 February 2011) was a Syrian documentary film director and civil society activist. He is noted for the political criticism in his films, and played a prominent role in the events of the Da ...
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1975

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Kafr kasem ''Kafr kasem'' is a 1975 Syrian drama film directed by Borhane Alaouié. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma. The subject of the film is the Kafr Qasim massacre that occurred in Israel ...
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Borhane Alaouié Borhane Alaouié (1 April 1941 – 9 September 2021) was a Lebanese film director.Dreams of the City ''Dreams of the City'' or ''Ahlam al-Madina'' ( ar, أحلام المدينة, lit=Dreams of the City) is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in ...
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Mohamed Malas Mohammad Malas ( ar, محمد ملص; born 1945) is a prominent Syrian filmmaker. Malas directed several documentary and feature films that garnered international recognition. He is among the first auteur filmmakers in Syrian cinema.Ginsberg; Li ...
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1981

* '' Hadithat el-Nosf Metr (The Half-Meter Incident)'' (
Samir Zikra Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...
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1983

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Ahlam al-Madina ''Dreams of the City'' or ''Ahlam al-Madina'' ( ar, أحلام المدينة, lit=Dreams of the City) is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in ...
'' (Mohamed Malas)


1986

* '' Al-Shams Fi Yawam Gha'em'' (Muhammad Shahin) * '' Waqae‘h al-‘Am al-Muqbel (Chronicles of the Coming Year)'' (
Samir Zikra Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...
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1987

*'' Al-Manam'' (Mohammad Malas)


1988

*'' Layali Ibn Awa'' (
Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, born January 5, 1954) is a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, ...
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1990s


1992

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Al-Lail Sūrat al-Layl ( ar, الليل, “The Night”) is the ninety-second ''sūrah'' (chapter) of the Qur'an, containing twenty-one '' āyāt'' (verses). This sūrah is one of the first ten to be revealed in Mecca. It contrasts two types of people, ...
'' (Mohamed Malas)


1993

* '' Al-Kompars'' (
Nabil Maleh Nabil Maleh (September 28, 1936 – February 24, 2016) was a Syrian film director, screenwriter, producer, painter and poet; he is thought to be a father of Syrian cinema. Nabil has published more than 1,000 articles short stories, essays and poe ...
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1996

* '' On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...'' (
Omar Amiralay Omar Amiralay ( ar, عمر أميرالاي) (1944 – 5 February 2011) was a Syrian documentary film director and civil society activist. He is noted for the political criticism in his films, and played a prominent role in the events of the Da ...
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1997

* '' There Are So Many Things Still to Say'' (Omar Amiralay) * '' A Plate of Sardines'' (Omar Amiralay)


1998

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Nassim al-Roh ''Nassim al-Roh'' ( ar, نسيم الروح) (''Breeze of the Soul'') is a Syrian drama film by director Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, born January 5, 1954) is a Syrian film direct ...
'' (Abdellatif Abdelhamid) * '' Turab al-Ghuraba’ (Land for A Stranger)'' (
Samir Zikra Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...
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1999

* ''A1'' ( Muhammad Ali Adeeb)


2000s


2000

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The Man With Golden Soles ''The Man with the Golden Soles'' ( ar, الرجل ذو النعل الذهبي) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay. The film, released in 2000, is about the then Lebanese Prime minister Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El De ...
'' (Omar Amiralay)


2001

* '' Ahla Al- Ayam'' (Muhammad Ali Adeeb) * ''
Qamaran wa Zaytouna ''Qamaran wa Zaytouna'' ( ar, قمران وزيتونة) (International title: ''Two Moons and an Olive'') is a Syrian feature drama film by director Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, ...
'' (Abdellatif Abdelhamid) * '' The Jar: A Tale From the East'' ( Ammar Al Sharbaji


2002

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The Box of Life ''The Box of Life'' ( ar, صندوق الدنيا, french: Coffre de la vie) is a 2002 Syrian-French drama film directed by Usama Muhammad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Zuhair Abdulka ...
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Usama Muhammad Ossama Mohammed ( ar, أسامة محمد; born 21 March 1954) is a Syrian film director and screenwriter. His film, '' The Box of Life'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently living i ...
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2003

* '' A Flood in Baath Country'' (Omar Amiralay)


2005

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Bab al-Makam ''Passion'' or ''Bab al-Makam'' ( ar, باب المقام) is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. Awards *Marrakech International Film Festival The Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) ( ar, المهرجان الدو ...
'' (Mohamed Malas) * '' Before Vanishing'' ( Joude Gorani) * '' 'Alaqat ‘Aamah (Public Relations)'' (
Samir Zikra Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...
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2008

* ''Dolls - A Woman from Damascus'' (Diana El Jeiroudi) * '' Hassiba'' ( Raymond Boutros)


2010s


2010

* '' Damascus with Love'' ( Mohamad Abdulaziz) * '' September Rain'' (Abdullatif Abulhamid) * ''
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'' (Amar Chebib) * '' Damascus Roof and Tales of Paradise'' (Soudade Kaadan)


2013

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King of the Sands ''King of the Sands'' is a 2013 Historical film, historical and biographical film, directed by Najdat Anzour, with the main characters starring Fabio Testi, Bill Fellows in the title roles. Story King of the Sands is a biopic of King Abdulaziz, ...
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Najdat Anzour Najdat Ismail Anzour (; born November 26, 1954) is a Syrian television director of Circassian origins. Biography His father Ismail Anzour was the director of ''Taht sama'a Dimashq'' (translates to : ''Under Damascus Skies''), Syria's first sil ...
) * '' Ladder to Damascus'' (Mohammad Malas) * ''
The Return to Homs ''The Return to Homs'' is a 2013 Syrian-German documentary film written and directed by Talal Derki. It is produced by Orwa Nyrabia and Hans Robert Eisenhauer while Diana El Jeiroudi served as the associate producer. The film premiered in-competi ...
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Talal Derki Talal Derki (Arabic language, Arabic: طلال ديركي ''Ṭālāl Dīrkī'') is a Syrian Kurdish director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Damascus and of Kurdish descent, Derki studied film directing in Athens at , graduation in 2003. He wo ...
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2014

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List of Syrian films of 2014 The Syrian film industry produced over fifteen feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by Syria. It does not incl ...
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2016

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Little Gandhi ''Little Gandhi'' is a 2016 Syrian documentary film directed by Sam Kadi. It was selected as the Syrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time Syria had sent a film f ...
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2017

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Last Men in Aleppo ''Last Men in Aleppo'' (in Arabic آخر الرجال في حلب) is a 2017 documentary film about the Syrian Civil War. Written and directed by Feras Fayyad, produced by Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen, it documents the life in Aleppo ...
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2019

*'' The Cave''


2020s


See also

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