Tadmor
Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim
2016 - 103 min - HD - Couleur - France, Liban, Suisse

Amidst the popular uprising against the Syrian regime that began in 2011, a group of former Lebanese detainees decides to break their long-held silence about the horrific years they spent imprisoned in Tadmor (Palmyra), one of the Assad regime's most dreadful prisons.
They decide to testify publicly about the systematic torture and humiliation they experienced. To reclaim and overcome this dark chapter in their lives, they rebuild Tadmor in an abandoned school near Beirut. By playing the role of both "victim" and "victimizer," they will relive their survival.

Mémoire | Prison | Violence | Syrie


Author-Director : Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim
Photography : Talal Khoury, Rami Nihawi
Sound : Rayan Obeydine, Rawad Hobeika, Chadi Roukoz
Editing : Olivier Zuchuat
Original Music : Pierre Jodlowksi
Delegate Producer : Les Films de l'Étranger
Co-producer : Umam Productions
Co-producer : GoldenEggProduction
Broadcasting Co-producer : RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse)

Distribution


Distributor : Doc & Film International

Distinctions

2016 - Visions du Réel, Nyon (Suisse) : Mention spéciale du Jury de la Compétition internationale longs métrages