ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
Talal Derki returns to Syria, where he gains the trust of a radical family. He is providing a rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father dreaming of an Islamic Caliphate.

SYNOPSIS
Syrian-born filmmaker Talal Derki (Return to Homs) travels to his homeland sharing the daily life of a radical Islamist family for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on Osama (13) and his brother Ayman (12), who both love and admire their father and obey his words, but while Osama seems content to follow the path of Jihad, Ayman wants to go back to school.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, OF FATHERS AND SONS is a work of unparalleled access that captures the chilling moment when childhood dies and jihadism is born.

OF FATHERS AND SONS was selected for more than 100 Festivals and received more than 25 awards worldwide. After being shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards™ in the category Best Documentary, we would like to ask for your support for our Oscar® Campaign. We think OF FATHERS AND SONS is a very important film and seeing the film helps to understand the children who grow up as victims in a radical environment. An Oscar® Nomination would help that the film is seen by as many people possible. We need peace for the future of all children.

Talal Derki was born in Damascus and has been based in Berlin since 2014. He studieddirecting in Athens. Before making his own films, Derki worked as a director for various Arab TV programs and as a freelance cameraman for CNN and Thomson & Reuters. Derki’s documentaries have received many festival prizes, including the Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary for Return to Homs (2014).

Produced by Basis Berlin Filmproduktion in co-production with: Ventana Film, Cinema Group Production in association with Impact Partners

Funded by Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, IDFA Bertha Fund, The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and Screen Institute Beirut, Medienboard Berlin—Brandenburg, German Film Fund, The Netherlands Consulate General (Special Advisor for Syria).

PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature

DIRECTOR Talal Derki
PRODUCER Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer

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