Damascus Dreams

Damascus Dreams follows a filmmaker’s journey to her inaccessible homeland as she composes a Syria that stands somewhere between reality and myth, dream and nightmare, past and present.

A film by ÉMILIE SERRI
Producer AUDREY-ANN DUPUIS-PIERRE
Editing OMAR ELHAMY, ÉMILIE SERRI
Images OLIVIER GOSSOT, ROBIN PINEDA GOULD, ANDRÉANNE CHARTRAND-BEAUDRY, PHILIPPE, LÉONARD, ISABELLE STACHTCHENKO & ÉMILIE SERRI
Art direction LAURA NHEM
Sound SIMON GERVAIS, BRUNO BÉLANGER
Production PORTAGE FILMS

Minutes

2021

Release

Production

Canada

Bio – Filmography

Born to a Syrian father and a Belgium mother, Émilie Serri is a Montreal based filmmaker and installation artist. Distributed by LightCone in Paris, her work has traveled in festivals internationally and in artist centers and galleries throughout Canada. In 2018, she won the Bronfman award in contemporary art. Her first feature film -Damascus Dreams- premiered at IFFR in the Bright Future category in 2021 and won the international critics’ award (FIPRESCI) at FNC in Montreal.