Syria participates in the 16th session of the International Resistance Film Festival with the film “The Blood of Palms”by Najdat Anzour

Tehran, (ST)- Syria is participating in the International Resistance Film Festival, in its 16th edition, with the feature film “The Blood of Palms” directed by Najdat Ismail Anzour.

The festival, which is held online due to the current conditions in the countries of the world because of the Coronavirus pandemic, aims to highlight the spirit of the Cinema of Resistance and its role in building a cinematic approach. It also aims to glorify the sacrifices of resistance heroes working in various military, health, intellectual, cultural and political fields.

“Blood of Palm”  film, produced by the National Film Organization, narrates the last days of the life of the archaeologist Khaled Al-Asaad , the director of Palmyra’s antiquities, who confronted “ISIS” terrorists and refused to hand them over the maps of the archaeological sites in the city. The spirit of Queen Zenobia kept accompanying him throughout the film period, which gave it a special aesthetic quality .

The film also talks about the ancient life of Palmyra, which suffered from the ravages and woes of war and destruction at the hands of “ISIS” terrorists and their attempt to steal its antiquities and destroy what they were unable to steal, highlighting the sacrifices of the Syrian Arab Army to cleanse the city of terrorism and its supporters.

Murad Shaheen, director general of the Cinema Foundation, explained the importance of addressing the Arab street and every honorable and resistant movement or party in the world by spreading the culture of resistance. He stressed that confronting the attempts of the forces of coercion to control, exploit and dominate the peoples of the region, will be  only achieved through our  serious work to spread the culture of resistance and clarify its benefits at the strategic level, especially since the festival is one of the important tools in this field.

What is new in this session of the festival is that it will provide an opportunity to follow the works of the first period of it, for the first time, remotely through the festival website or special sites or channels inside Iran to display films.

The festival, organized by the Iranian Fateh Cultural Foundation, displays a selection of local and international films that attract cinema lovers from all countries of the region and the world. The first phase of the festival, part of which was devoted to monitoring the efforts of health workers in the world against the Corona virus, will be held from the 21st to the 27th of September, while the second period will be held during November for one week.

Amal Farhat