Mohamed Malas
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Mohammad Malas (born 1945) is a prominent Syria
n filmmaker. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
in 1974.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n filmmaker. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), VGIK for short, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.-History:...
in 1974.
Selected cinematography
- A Dream of a Small City (1970)
- Quneitra 74 (1974)
- Ahlam al-MadinaAhlam al-MadinaAhlam al-Madina is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. The story is about a young widow and her two sons are forced to move from their native Quneitra to Damascus, where her brutish father offers little emotional or financial support, forcing all of them to fend for themselves...
(1985) - al-Manam (1988)
- al-LailAl-Lail (film)Al-Lail is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. The film explores the Arab-Israeli conflict as seen through the experiences of an Arab family in newly-liberated city of Quneitra, headed by a resistance fighter. Al-Lail was the first Syrian feature to be played at the New York...
(1993) - Bab al-MakamBab al-MakamBab al-Makam is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas.The film presents a highly critical view of a rabidly patriarchal society. In the film, Amine is a Syrian woman whose passion for music becomes her fall...
(2005)