December 13: On the Edge of Life Trilogy
This year's IDFA Award for Best First Feature went to Chasing the Dazzling Light, the final part of a trilogy of award-winning films by Yaser Kassab in close collaboration with Rima Alhamedd. Together they form a personal exploration of Kassab’s and Alhamedd's filmic language examining what it means to live in exile.
On the Edge of Life Trilogy
On the Edge of Life
Directors: Yaser Kassab, Rima Alhamedd - Syria - 2017 - 45 min.
In a remote area in Turkey, a Syrian couple shares grief, loss and mourning with their family who decided tot stay behind in Aleppo.
I Have Seen Nothing, I Have Seen All
Director: Yaser Kassab - Editor: Rima Alhamedd - Syria, Lebanon - 2019 - 19 min.
Filmmaker-in-exile Yaser Kassab calls his father in Aleppo, who tells him his brother’s grave has been moved. The physical distance increases Kassab’s sense of loss, but also turns him into an outsider.
Chasing the Dazzling Light
Director: Yaser Kassab - Creative advisor/cowriter and co-producer: Rima Alhamedd - Syria, Qatar, Sweden - 2023 - 63 min.
Following in the footsteps of his Syrian father, the director emigrated to Europe. Both had the ambition to become filmmakers, and are now working together on this film. This results in both comic scenes and a beautiful portrait of a father at a distance.
Practical info
- Venue: IDFA Vondelpark Pavilion, Vondelpark 3 in Amsterdam. Find here all info about the venue’s accessibility.
- Time: 7.30 PM - 9.45 PM
- Ticket price: Regular: €12. CJP and Stadspas holders: €9. Students: €6.
- The film has English subtitles.
