Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In his feature fiction debut "Chronicles from the Siege", filmmaker Abdallah Alkhatib draws directly from his own lived experience having endured the siege of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, to pen different stories of citizens trapped under the bombs. In this talk, the filmmaker reflects on creating this petrifying environment with two of his main collaborators, Rana Eid, designer of an unnerving sound score, and Talal Khoury, behind the intricate, documentary-style camera work. The three address a relationship built on trust, to help understand the needs of the project, but also the current political state of their region, which has directly influenced some of their artistic and technical choices.

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