Tadmor

France / Switzerland / Lebanon, April 2016
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim
Written by
Monika Borgmann
Status
In distribution
Website
aardvarkfilm.com/catalogue/tadmor

One year after the Syrian uprising of 2012, eight former Lebanese political detainees decided to break the silence about the long years they spent in the Tadmor Prison (Palmyra), the harshest prison of Assad's regime. As they know that words alone fall well short of expressing the cruelty of the torture, suffering, fear, contempt and humiliation they survived, they decide to relive, together, their ordeal. Tadmor is a story about their will to live.

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World Premiere
April 2016
Original Version
Arabic (french/english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 90 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-0F9A-0000-C-0000-0000-1
Production
Les Films de l'Étranger, GoldenEggProduction, Umam Production
Producer
Philippe Avril, Gabriela Bussmann, Monika Borgmann
directed by
Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim
Written by
Monika Borgmann
Cinemato­graphy
Talal Khoury
Editing
Olivier Zuchuat
Sound Editing
Benjamin Benoit
Sound Design
Benjamin Benoit
Re-Recording Mix
Denis Séchaud
Music
Pierre Jodlowski
Location Sound Mix
Rawad Hobeika, Rayan Al Obeidine, Chadi Roukoz

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
The Party Film Sales

Worldwide Distribution

Czech Republic
Doc Alliance Films VOD
France
Zootrope Films Distribution
Switzerland
Aardvark Film Emporium Distribution
Release date: 09.03.2017

Awards

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  • Nyon, Visions du Réel, Mention Spéciale du Jury Compétition Internationale Longs Métrages 2016 (Winner)
  • Nyon, Visions du Réel, Sesterce d'argent SRG SSR pour le meilleur film suisse 2016 (Winner)
  • Hamburg, Filmfest Hamburg, Preis Der politische Film der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 2016 (Winner)

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