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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 VARIETY: INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION TO HONOR FILMMAKERS FOR SYRIAN WORK The International Documentary Association will give its Courage Under Fire Award to filmmakers and subjects involved with documentaries about the war in Syria. READ MORE AUGUST 22, 2017 DEADLINE: AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS FIRST FILMS IN LINEUP 'Please Stand By' with Dakota Fanning and Toni Collette will premiere at the Austin Film Festival. READ MORE JULY 5, 2017 INDIEWIRE: 2018 OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE A Few Films Are Gaining Stature Among a Long List of Documentaries That Have Built Cred on the Festival Circuit. READ MORE MARCH 12, 2017 NPR: 'CRIES FROM SYRIA' DOCUMENTARY LAYS BARE THE CONFLICT'S GRUESOME REALITIES Director Evgeny Afineevsky and Syrian subject Kholoud Helmi talk about the new film, which chronicles the country's descent into civil war after initially hopeful demonstrations of the Arab Spring. READ MORE MARCH 10, 2017 DEADLINE: HBO’S ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ TAKES NO-HOLDS-BARRED APPROACH TO DOCUMENTING REFUGEE CRISIS – SUNDANCE STUDIO As Donald Trump’s presidency tries once more to pass legislation designed to restrict travel to the U.S. for citizens of some Muslim-majority countries, HBO Documentary Films gears up for the March 13 launch of Evgeny Afineevsky’s Sundance-premiering Cries From Syria, which takes a comprehensive and unflinching look back at the refugee crisis in Syria, and the barbarism of the Bashar al-Assad regime. READ MORE MARCH 10, 2017 NEW YORK TIMES: "CRIES FROM SYRIA,' ON HBO, IS A GRIM LOOK AT THAT NATION'S WAR Six years into the Syrian war, we’ve grown accustomed to the images of death and devastation. But from its first frames, in which water laps at the body of a boy washed ashore after the boat he was on capsized, it’s clear that “Cries From Syria” is still going to be hard to watch. READ MORE MARCH 2, 2017 LOS ANGELES TIMES: HBO'S 'CRIES FROM SYRIA' FOCUSES ON CHILDREN IN REFUGEE CRISIS Anyone with even a shred social conscience should find the comprehensive Syrian civil war documentary “Cries From Syria” a truly devastating experience. It should be required viewing for any public official involved with shaping any laws or policies regarding the fate of Syrian refugees. Director Evgeny Afineevsky (Oscar-nominated for 2015’s “Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom”) has deftly assembled a wealth of astonishing, you-are-there footage, much of it shot by Syrian activists and ordinary citizens from early 2011, when the Arab Spring protests gave way to armed conflict, through 2016, as fighting continued with no end in sight. READ MORE FEBRUARY 23, 2017 DEADLINE: ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ TRAILER: HBO SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT NATION IN CRISIS HBO has released the official trailer for Cries From Syria, the documentary from Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire director Evgeny Afineevsky about the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the civil war there. READ MORE FEBRUARY 21, 2017 DEADLINE: HELEN MIRREN TO NARRATE ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ FOR HBO BOW Helen Mirren has come aboard to narrate Cries From Syria, the documentary from Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire director Evgeny Afineevsky about the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the civil war there. HBO has set a March 13 bow for the docu; the date coincides with the sixth anniversary of the start of the war. READ MORE |
