LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are getting ready for a siege. We follow the volunteers from The White Helmets as they experience the daily life of death and struggle in the streets of the city. They fight for sanity in a place where war has become the norm. Khaled, Subhi and Mahmoud are among the first to enter the destroyed buildings, scouring through the rubble in search of bodies and signs of life. They now live more or less under siege and constant bombings, together with the remaining 350.000 civilians in Aleppo. They all struggle with the same dilemma: Should they flee and bring their families to safety, or should they stay and fight for their city?

Feras Fayyad is a Syrian film director, producer, writer, editor and cinematographer, best known for his 2017 documentary LAST MEN IN ALEPPO, which earned him critical acclaim and numerous awards and nominations including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, making him the first Syrian director to be nominated for an Oscar. He won an Emmy award for best current affairs documentary for this film. For his latest documentary THE CAVE he was again nominated for an Oscar.

Steen Johannessen has been working for many years as an editor of Danish and international award-winning films. His filmography includes titles such as MOTLEYS LAW, MINERS SHOT DOWN, WARRIORS FROM THE NORTH and PUTIN’S KISS. LAST MEN IN ALEPPO is his debut as a co-director.

Director
Feras Fayyad

Co-Director
Steen Johannessen

Camera
Thaer Mohammed
Mojahed Abo Aljood

Editors
Steen Johannessen
Michael Bauer

Producers
Søren Steen Jespersen
Kareem Abeed

Co-Producer
Stefan Kloos

Cinematography
Fadi al Halabi

Music
Karsten Fundal

Sound Design
Morten Groth Brandt

Production
LARM Film
Aleppo Media Center

Co-Production
Kloos & Co. Medien
SWR in Collaboration with ARTE

World Sales
DR Sales

Danish Film Institute
DR
DANIDA
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
AFAC
Cinereach
IDFA Bertha Foundation
Sundance Institute
Justfilm
IMS
Open Society Foundations

Sundance Film Festival 2017
Winner “World Cinema Documentary”

Academy Awards 2018
Oscar Nomination for „Best Documentary“

News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Winner in the categorie „Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary“

World Premiere
Sundance Film Festival 2017, USA

Further Festivals (Selection)
CPH:DOX 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
DOK.fest München Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival 2017, Germany
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017, UK
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2017, Czech Republic
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 2017, Canada
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2017, USA
Documentary Edge Festival 2017, New Zealand
Forum on Human Rights 2017, Switzerland
Amnesty International Movies that Matter Festival 2017, Netherlands
Ambulante Gira Documentales 2016, Mexico
Firenze Middle East Now Festival 2017, Italy
Istanbul International Film Festival 2017, Turkey
Docs Barcelona 2016, Spain
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2017, Poland
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2017, South Africa
Sydney Film Festival 2017, Australia
Dubai International Film Festival 2017, United Arab Emirates