DOUNIA & THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO

DOUNIA & THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO

Dounia & la Princesse d‘Alep. CA 2022. Director: Marya Zarif, Andre Kadi. Screenplay: Marya Zarif. 72 min. Animation. OV w/Eng. sub. and Ger. Voice-over. Suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 8

GERMAN PREMIERE

SEARCHING FOR A NEW HOME, A GIRL EXPERIENCES ADVENTURES AND MOMENTS FULL OF MAGIC 

Pistachio ker­nels pop by moon­light and jam is made from roses — Aleppo is an anci­ent city full of secrets and won­ders and home to six-year-old Dounia. Her bel­oved mother left one day to live “with the king of the clouds”. Nevertheless, the girl feels her clo­sen­ess, even when Dounia and her grand­par­ents flee the city becau­se of war to find a new home in ano­ther coun­try. In a fairy-tale way and with ima­gi­na­ti­ve images, the film tells the sto­ry from the point of view of a child about war, flight and fare­well and of the hope for a new life. (KT) 

Dates and cine­ma tickets

SU, 9.10. | 11 a.m. | DFF Cinema
MO, 10.10. | 11 a.m. | Kino im Hafen 2
WE, 12.10. | 8:45 a.m. | Cinéma

Reservations are requi­red for the scree­ning on fes­ti­val Sunday: Tel. +49 69 961 220 220 | Mail: museumsbesuch@dff.film

Extra and Get Involved!

LUCAS im Kino

Teaching material in German

Filmography

2022 DOUNIA & LA PRINCESSE D’ALEP | 2020 DOUNIA (Webseries) | 2013 MAISON DE LA SYRIE

Production com­pa­ny
Tobo Media

World sales
Be for Films

Biography

In her fea­ture film debut, Marya Zarif has brought part of her own sto­ry to the big screen. With her foun­da­ti­on “Je veux jouer”, she is com­mit­ted to hel­ping refu­gees. André Kadi is an aut­hor, musi­ci­an, and co-foun­der of the pro­duc­tion com­pa­nies Du Coup Animation and Du Coup Production. With DOUNIA & THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO he also cele­bra­tes his fea­ture film debut. 

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