Films
GOODBYE LAPIS LAZULI | Work in progress
Duration: 20 Min
Production Country: Sweden, Lebanon and Syria
Written & Directed by: Rima Alhamedd
Producer: Yaser Kassab
Production Company: Zenloop productions
Animation: Rima Alhamedd
Sound Mix: Rima Alhamedd
Creative Adviser: Yaser Kassab
Synopsis:
After the outbreak of nuclear war, Ryan and Shams attempt to infiltrate a bunker to obtain agricultural seeds, they get shocked after knowing that they will not be able to survive on Earth, so they have to find an opportunity to start elsewhere.
COMING SOON
CHASING THE DAZZLING LIGHT | 2023
Duration: 63 min documentary
Production Country: Syria, Sweden and Qatar 2023
Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab
Producer: Rima Alhamedd
Production Company: Zenloop productions
Creative Adviser/ Co-writer: Rima Alhamedd
Synopsis:
Director Yaser Kassab followed in his father’s footsteps by emigrating as a young man from Syria to Europe, and like his father he also had the ambition to become a filmmaker. Now they are working together on this film remotely. From Syria, the father gives his son direction on the phone or in video calls, along with advice about future film projects or how to organise his life—loving conversations interspersed with well- intentioned parental advice.
This at times leads to amusing or uncomfortable scenes, while the film creates a beautiful portrait of a father in absence—a man who can't be with his son, like so many Syrians who are separated from their offspring, whether by distance or death. Father and son live with a certain loneliness; for the refugee filmmaker, this arises from his attempts to build a new life with his wife within the confines of Sweden’s stricter new immigration laws.
Awards:
The Best First Feature Documentary at IDFA
LONG TAKE | 2023
Duration: 4 Min
Production Country: Syria and Sweden 2023
Written & Directed by: Rima Alhamedd
Producer: Yaser Kassab
Production Company: Zenloop productions
Animation: Rima Alhamedd
Sound Mix: Rima Alhamedd
Creative Adviser: Yaser Kassab
Synopsis:
Various Syrian cities are portrayed within a single fictional area as the film unfolds the different episodes of the Syrian tragedy. From the early days of the uprising in 2011 to the recent attempts to normalize the Syrian regime and gain acceptance in the Arab league, the film aims to preserve the narrative of the resistance and sacrifices of the Syrian people in their ongoing pursuit of liberation and justice.
I HAVE SEEN NOTHING I HAVE SEEN ALL | 2019
Duration: 19 min documentary
Production Country: Syria, Lebanon and Sweden 2019
Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab
Producer: Mohamad Ali Atassi & Yaser Kassab
Production Company: Bidayyat for Audiovisual arts & Zenloop productions
Film Editor: Rima Alhamedd
Sound Mix: Bertrand Larrieu
Synopsis:
After talking about the end of the war in Syria and the start of the reconstruction phase, thousands of kilometers separate Yaser in Sweden from his parents in Aleppo. When both find themselves compelled to transfer the grave of the younger brother from the public park.
Awards:
Best short documentary, Sharjah film platform.
ON THE EDGE OF LIFE | 2017
Duration: 45 Min documentary
Production Country: Syria and Lebanon 2017
Written & Directed by: Yaser Kassab & Rima Alhamedd
Production Company: Zenloop productions
Sound Mix: Bertrand Larrieu
Synopsis:
Yaser transcendent from a remote and an empty rest stop in Turkey the process of mourning after losing his younger brother in Aleppo, a relationship with his father has been evolved to a strong emotional connection, although the noisy voice calls and messages.
Awards:
Joris Ivens | CNAP Prize, which goes to a film of the First International Competition in Cinema du reel film festival.
Best Mid-Length Documentary Award, in the 58th edition of Festival dei Popoli.
Best documentary and Best mid-length documentary at the 15th edition of Tirana Film Festival.
Prix du jury du 13ème Festival du Film de Famille, Nov 2018.
