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Russia / USA | Documentary
Brasil | Film Noir
Kenya / Switzerland | African, relationship
USA | Documentary
United Kingdom | Short, relationship
Pakistan | Culture, Documentary
Mexico | Documentary
USA | B Movie
Austria | Feature, experimental
Portugal | Feature
It could be just another film about a woman, or a film about “the woman”, the ones we would see in our everyday lives.
Jalila goes beyond depicting Syrian women involved in the uprising but rather brings a different perspective on women in a crisis or a war situation.
Jalila is not about a comrade fighting on the frontline, nor about a woman grieving over her martyr son, It’s about women standing against injustice.
It's about a woman who overcame rape and rose up to prevent it.
A woman who is dauntless and powerful but yet tender and beautiful. This preserved identity of being a woman in everything she does, whether smelling a flower or fighting in a battle field, is what the film about.
Jalila is not a character in the film, Jalila is every woman in the film