The Syrian film “The Confession” wins the Jury Prize at the Somar Film Festival in Iraq

The Syrian feature film “The Confession” won the Special Jury Prize in the first session of the Somar International Film Festival, the session of the late director Sahib Haddad Nizar Shahid Al-Fadam.

The film, which was produced by the General Organization for Cinema, is written and directed by Basil Al-Khatib, and the script is co-written by Majid Al-Khatib. The events of the film take place in two times, the first is in the early eighties of the last century, and the second time is the current time through the intersection of several lines related to the war and the terror and the living crises that affected the Syrian people, and their ability to mobilize their will to resist.

The film participated in several festivals, and won the Mahfouz Abdel Rahman Award for best screenplay at the 35th Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean countries in 2019, and the Best Actress Award for Dima Qandalaft for her role in the film.

NR