Plastic Flowers
Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage
Amer Mattar / Feature Documentary / Syria, Germany, Sweden, Qatar / 80 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Documentary, Politics, War
Synopsis
A documentary about the experience of enforced disappearance in the prisons of ISIS told through the story of searching for the filmmaker’s brother Mohammed Nour Matar. Mohammed was a 24-year-old photographer when he went missing in 2013, taken after a car-bombing at the railway station in Raqqa. Using cameras during the search, the family depicts their stories in the Syrian city of Raqqa and the abandoned prisons of ISIS.
Credits
- Director
- Amer Almatar
- Screenwriter
- Amer Almatar
- Producer
- Talal Derki
About the Director
Amer Mattar is a Syrian documentary filmmaker, journalist and writer, born in 1986. He started working as a freelance journalist in 2002, predominantly writing political satire and cultural reviews. Since the uprising in Syria, Mattar started documentary filmmaking. He co-directed and produced a handful of short documentaries that have been broadcast by regional Pan-Arab TV stations. Mattar is also a cultural activist and co-founder and Chairman of Al Sharee for Development & Media 2011, and Co-founder of Syria Mobile Film Festival, launched in 2014.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Amer Mattar
- Company:
- Alsharee for media
- Phone:
- +4917620740862
- Email:
- amer.mattr@gmail.com