Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

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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Direction
  • Samer Najari

    Samer 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.