The multi-award-winning documentary chronicling Syrian radio DJ Zytoon's experiences following the 2011 Arab Spring, as hope gives way to grim reality.
DJ Obaidah Zytoon and her friends weren't overtly political; rather they were young and eager to change their world. When they took to the streets to protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, cameras in hand, they were full of hope. But, as The War Show so poignantly reveals, their dreams fade as extremism, violence and wrongful imprisonment take hold of their community. Zytoon joined forces with Danish documentarian Andreas Dalsgaard (The Human Scale, SFF 2013; Life is Sacred, SFF 2015) to craft years of footage into a deeply personal narrative, one that reveals the human face of this devastating conflict, and won Göteborg's Best Nordic Documentary and Venice Days' Jury Prize.
There will be many documentaries on Syria. The country's tragedies are like a million-headed Hydra, each deserving its own story, told in its own way. But the world becomes increasingly numbed, which is why a documentary like The War Show is so essential. – Jay Weissberg, Variety
Most documentaries could only hope to include as many striking, lingering, moving moments. – Sarah Ward, Screen International
The 64th Sydney Film Festival – 7-18 June 2017
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