Maja Pelević in conversation with Issa Touma: the power of art | DiEM25
Channel: DiEM25
Date: 18/10/2021

October's guest in our DiEM Voice series is Syrian photographer, curator, and documentary maker Issa Touma.

Issa and Maja will talk about a fight for freedom which turned into a fight for repressing freedom. Looking into the unknown future through a camera lens they will try to uncover how art, in the worst circumstances, can help you fight, give you hope, and make you feel a little bit safer. 

Issa Touma is a self-taught photographer and film director based in Aleppo. His work can be found in several international collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London & FOMU Museum in Antwerp. 2016 was a special year for Issa Touma, his movie "9 Days From My Window in Aleppo" won many Awards: an award by the European Film Award for Best Short Film. The movie won also in the same year the Best Short Film at the London Film Festival and the Tribute Award at the International Short Film Festival in New York. The "9 days..." movie has been shown in more than 60 festivals and around 50 cultural activities around the world. His new movie Greetings from Aleppo opened the IFFR (International Film Festival of Rotterdam - Jan 2017). and on June 23, 2017, Greetings from Aleppo won DIG AWARD -  (Italy ) and DIRECTORSNL AWARD 2018 (NL)

More information: 

News of Women we Have Not Lost Yet: https://www.facebook.com/News-of-Women-We-Have-not-Lost-Yet-592063880966856/?ref=pages_you_manage

Art Camping: https://www.facebook.com/ArtCamping/?ref=pages_you_manage 

"The Opera", based on the postcard made by Art Camping members at Le Pont Gallery  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0xEOZA1Ejo&t=85s 

News of the Women we Gave Not Lost Yet, book: https://www.lensculture.com/issa-touma?modal=project-149101 

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