‘Ayouni’, a film about the human cost of the disappeared in Syria during the Assad regime, by Director Yasmin Fedda, for which I did the sound design and wrote the score, is coming to London, with a screening at the London Palestine Film Festival on Saturday 22 November (tickets here). I’d love to see you there - it’s a rare chance to see the film in London.
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'Ayouni' released online
Ayouni is now available to watch worldwide at www.ayounifilm.com
It was a great privilege to compose the score and sound design for the film, directed by Yasmin Fedda..
At a time when the dictatorship in Syria is still in power, and its position is being normalised, it feels crucial to respond to the crimes that have been committed in its name, and in the wake of the destruction it has created across the country. Since 2011, government forces, and other armed groups, have forcibly disappeared at least 100,000 people – making them absent, silenced, invisible.
Families and friends of the disappeared still face the difficult tasks of finding answers. In this context, it is essential to build and preserve a portfolio of war crimes that can be used for accountability and for eventual justice. Ayouni is a small contribution to this effort, bringing intimate stories and realities in focus.