Documentary film fundraiser and dinner by RAFI X Sarjon Azouz

On November 29th, Rotterdam based organiser Sarjon Azouz and Foundation RAFI from Amsterdam join forces for a soft evening filled with Syrian food, dialogue, fundraising and a screening program about two politically pressured communities in post-Assad Syria.

With the aim to raise sufficient funds for the production of two local documentaries in the coast and south of Syria, we are excited to share exclusive excerpts from Going South by Kinan Hlal and Desperate Attempts to Grasp Something by Ashraf Ahmad. After the screening we will host a Q&A with Director Kinan Hlal and producer Humam Tadmori from the production team of Going South to get an in-depth insight on the work and process. The two documentaries follow the stories of Syrian Alawait communities along the coast and Druze in the south which have faced massacres and political unrest since the fall of Assad regime. With little to no media coverage and a lot of propaganda, documentary makers like Kinan and Ashraf carry the heavy weight and responsibility to document the lives and stories of their communityʼs survival.

Join us at Dokzaal from 17:30 onwards for the Syrian dinner prepared by Loujaon Ahmad with a meat-based and vegan-based meal option, and the screenings followed with Q+A. Drinks in the afterhours till 22:00.

*If you wish to donate to this initiative, please select the button below in the donation fee. For those who do want to attend this intimate evening, please select a ticket that works for your wallet. Your donation will go towards covering the groceries and the rest will be donated to the making of the documentary.

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