THE CAVE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Amani Ballour, Salim Namour

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Feras Fayyad (Last Men in Aleppo), director, writer; Alisar Hasan (film debut), writer; Kirstine Barfod (Venus) and Sigrid Dyekjær (Svend), producers; Matthew Herbert (Gloria Bell), composer; Mohammad Eyad (film debut), Muhammed Khamir Al Shami (film debut) and Ammar Suleiman (film debut), cinematographers; Denniz Göl Bertelsen (The Great Game) and Per K. Kirkegaard (Borg vs. McEnroe), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria attempt to tend to several patients with the limited resources they have, while also fending off against rampant sexism within their field…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker Feras Fayyad follows-up his Oscar-nominated documentary Last Men in Aleppo with a thoughtful companion piece the explores the role of female doctors in the ongoing Syrian conflict.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2019

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