This film is one of three shorts I was commissioned to make by Reel Festivals funded by Creative Scotland Vital Sparks.
All Three films made during a week in Beirut in May 2011. We were also meant to go to Damascus but as the political situation worsened that leg of the festival was cancelled. However, I still wanted to reflect the current situation in one of the films, so I interviewed one of the Syrian poets about his dreams. That was the starting point for this film
I then came back home to sunny Scotland and collaborated with Maryam Ghorbankarimi on editing and of course music and sound design by the talented Pete Vilk.
Commissioned by Reel Festivals 2011, Creative Scotland and Scottish Poetry Library and Firefly International. Creative Commons Copyright Roxana Vilk.
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Roxana Vilk
Executive Produced by GOL Productions & Reel Festivals
Edited by Maryam Ghorbankarimi
Sound Design and Music by Peter Vilk
Production Assistant Stefanie Van De Peer
Filmed on location in Beirut 2011, with a Canon EOS 7D
and film sound recorded on a Zoom H2 mic and Rhode SVM Mic ( attached to the camera)
Commissioned by Reel Festivals 2011, Creative Scotland and Scottish Poetry Library and Firefly International.