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| Far from Bashar | |
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| French | Loin de Bachar |
| Directed by | Pascal Sanchez |
| Written by | Pascal Sanchez |
| Produced by | Nathalie Cloutier |
| Starring | Adnan al-Mahamied Basmah Issa |
| Cinematography | Pascal Sanchez |
| Edited by | Natalie Lamoureux |
| Music by | Serge Nakauchi Pelletier |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | Arabic French English |
Far from Bashar (French : Loin de Bachar) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pascal Sanchez and released in 2020. The film profiles Adnan al-Mahamied and Basmah Issa, a married couple from Syria who have been living in Montreal since moving to Canada as refugees after participating in the uprisings against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. [1]
The film premiered on September 25, 2020, at the Cinémathèque québécoise. [2]
It received a Prix Iris nomination for the Prix Iris Public Prize at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021. [3]
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