9 days in Raqqa

  • 9 jours à Raqqa
Genre : Drama
Type : Documentary
Original title : Raqqa : une femme après Daesh
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her struggle is Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic state, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. Engineer by training, mayor at just 30 years old, immersed in a man's world, her mission is to rebuild her city, to reconcile, and to establish democracy. An extraordinary mission.
A writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and discover her story.

AUTHOR(S)-DIRECTOR(S)

Xavier de Lauzanne

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Ibrahim Maalouf

PRODUCTION / DIFFUSION

Aloest Productions

ORGANIZATION(S) HOLDER(S) or DEPOSITARY(S)

Aloest Productions

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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