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Section: World Children´s Film Panorama
Dounia & The Princess of Aleppo (2022)
Dounia, a cheerful little Syrian girl full of dreams, loses her mother prematurely. Then the regime arrests her father. With her grandparents, she has to leave her beloved country to find a new home. Despite the obstacles that stand in her way, she knows that she can count on the few magic nigella seeds she holds in her hand and on the help of the princess of Aleppo…
| Country | Canada |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Duration | 72 min |
| Rating | 8 |
| Language | French |
| Subtitle | English, Simultanneous transla |
| Directed by | Marya Zarif, André Kadi |
| Screenplay | Marya Zarif |
| Music | Pierre Yves Drapeau |
| Contact | Be for Films |
Biography
Zarif is a Syrian director and screenwriter, she studied communications and dramatic writing at the INSIS school in Quebec. Kadi is a French director and animator. They co-directed the web series Dounia (2020) and the feature animated film Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (Dounia et la princesse d 'Alep, 2022).
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