The impossible dilemma of whether to fight or flee when your country is at war, the poignant mix of anger and powerlessness, the convincing acting of the (amateur!) actors, the impressive cinematography (of almost Rembrandt -like allure at times) and the utterly believable Production Design of the arena (prison, Damascus, etc no coincidence that it recently received an award at the Dutch Film Festival) make IT WILL RAIN a film that cannot be ignored. In terms of the relevance of IT WILL RAIN, we can keep it brief: it jumps off the screen as far as I’m concerned. Mart Dominicus, Supervising lecturer in Directing fiction The experience of making a film as part of a collaborative project with a film school abroad (in this case the Spanish film school EISO in Almeria) was extremely useful for the development of everyone who took part in the project and could serve as an example for future filmmakers with a limited budget. The landscape there is extremely similar to the Syrian landscape. That is why the creators did everything they could to make it possible for this film to be partially shot in Spain. Diverse stories deserve to be taken seriously, and shooting a film in the Netherlands that doesn’t take place here wouldn’t make sense. This film was not only shot within the Netherlands. What we want to achieve with this is for a wide range of talented people in the Netherlands to feel invited to learn the film profession, as well as feeling the need to tell their own story. By making this film, Amir is an example for other refugee filmmakers. The millions of victims are more than just numbers. As a result of the current situation in Ukraine, the dilemma of Nawras is a dilemma that countless citizens close by to us are facing It is necessary to tell the story of Nawras, as in this way we give the people from Amir’s home country a face. We have created something which is becoming more and more topical every day. With this film, we provide insight into why they were forced to flee and how complicated it is to make such a decision. ‘An important objective of this film is to connect people from Western society with people who have fled from warzones. ‘In telling the story of Nawras, we are telling a story about a universal theme regarding oppression and injustice in a Syrian arena’, the creators explain. Will I stay in order to fight against the injustice in Syria that cost my brother his life? Or will I decide to flee to a safer world? That is the question that Nawras asks himself after he is released in a miraculous way from the hellish Syrian prison where his brother was killed. A short film by graduating director Amir Zaza, and alumni Aziza van den Bert, Ingmar Conjarts, Loes Lucker (producers) and Zeynep Dulger (screenplay), (Netherlands Film Academy).
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