In the fall of 1994, I left Syria for a new country. On my way, I spent a night in Amman, carrying my sorrows and my hopes in a suitcase. After Twenty-five years in Montreal, I witness, helplessly, my old country being torn by civil war. Today I'm revisiting Amman, also with a suitcase.
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Dominique ChilaDominique Chila (1974, Montreal) studied photography before setting her sights on film. After completing her Bachelor’s in Film Production at Concordia University in 2000, she began a two-year residency at the Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Since returning to Montreal in 2003, Chila has worked closely with Samer Najari in creating a number of short films. Arwad (2013) is her first feature-length film and is co-directed by Najari.
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Samer NajariSamer Najari has obtained a Bachelor from Concordia University and completed a residency at Le Fresnoy in France. Back in Montreal, he directed Before the wind blows in 2006 which has been screened and prized internationally and Snow hides the shade of fig trees in 2009.