Signed by 137 International Filmmakers: A Call from Syrian Filmmakers to Filmmakers Everywhere – Peaceful Syrian citizens are being killed today for their demands of basic rights and liberties.

Via Mesopotamishe Gesellschaft,

It is the same oppression and corruption that kept Syrians prisoners and swallowed their freedom, properties and lives for decades, that is assassinating their bodies and dreams today.

We, the undersigned Syrian filmmakers, believe that a reform which does not start with putting an end to security forces control over our people’s lives and bodies, and with closing an era of shameful political imprisonment for good, is not enough.

Hereby, we call on all filmmakers in the world to contribute to stopping the killing by exposing and denouncing it, and by announcing their solidarity with the Syrian people and with their dreams of justice, equality and freedom.
The Undersigned :


(Filmmakers can join the call by adding their Name, Profession and Country in comment hereunder)
1.          Abbas Fahdel, Filmmaker, Iraq/France
2. ABDEL MESSEEH NAMIR, Director, France
3.         Abdelkader LAGTAÂ, Director, Morocco
4.         Abdenour Zahzah, Filmmaker, Algeria
5.         Abderrahmane Sissako, Author Filmmaker Producer, France – Mali
6.         Abdoul Aziz Cissé, Filmmaker, Sénégal
7.         Abdul-malak Maya, Director,France
8.         Abraham Ségal, Filmmaker, France
9.         Achache Mona, Director, France
10.      Ahmed Abouzeid, Director, Egypt
11.      Ahmed Atef, Filmmaker, Egypt
12.      Ahmed Awaad, Filmmaker, Egypt
13.      Ahmed El Maanouni, Filmmaker, Morocco
14.      Aki Kaurismaki, Director, Finland
15.      Akram Farid, Director, Egypt
16.      Akram Zaatari, Filmmaker/artist, Lebanon
17.   Ala Hlehel, Screenwriter, Palestine
18.      Ala’a Mohsen, Student, Denmark
19.      Alain Saint-Hilaire, Filmmaker Canada
20.      Alan Lyddiard, Theatre & Film Director, UK
21.      Alexandre Cornu, Producer, France
22.      Alexis Vidakis, Producer, Italy
23.      Ali Atassi, Director, Syria
24.   Alice Attie, Artist, USA
25.      Alisa Lebow, Filmmaker/Film Scholar, UK/USA
26.      Aly Badrakhan, Film Maker, Egypt
27.      Amer Shomali, Animator, Palestine
28.      Amr Waked, Actor, Egypt
29.      Anand Patwardhan, Filmmaker, India
30.      Andy Green, Filmmaker, UK
31.      Angel Quintana, Critic de cinéma & Professor Of Film, Universidad de Gerona, Spain
32.      Angeliki Petrou, Film Programmer, Greece
33.      Anja UNGER, Filmmaker, France
34.      Anna Da Palma, Director, Portugal
35.      Annemarie Jacir, Director, Palestine
36.      Anne-Marie Lallement, Filmmaker, France
37.      Annick Peigné-Giuly, Présidente de Documentaire sur Grand Ecran, France
38.      Anthea Kennedy, film-maker / lecturer, United Kingdom
39.      Antonia Caccia, Filmmaker, UK
40.      Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Filmmaker, Thailand
41.      APPREDERIS Franck, Director, France
42.      Arlette Girardot , Director, France
43.      Arnt Egil Andreassen, Producer, Norway
44.      Avi Hershkovitz, Filmmaker, Romania
45.      Azza El-Hassan, Filmmaker, Palestine
46.      Azza Shaaban, Filmmaker, Egypt
47.      Aboubakar Sanogo, Film Studies Professor, Canada
48.  Alain MATHIEU zvouk, operator, France
49.   Ana Eliseu, Director, Portugal
50.      Andrew Kavanagh, Filmmaker, Ireland
51.      Abadia Régine, Film director, France
52.      Ady Assumpçao, Director, Brasil
53.      Alegre Greta, Programmer/filmmaker, Belgium
54.      ALI ESSAFI, filmmaker, Morocco
55.      ALY SOBHY,  ACTOR, EGYPT
56.      Amar Chebib, Filmmaker, Canada
57.      Ambarien Alqadar, Filmmaker, United States-India
58.      Amil Shivji, Student/Filmmaker, Tanzania
59.      Amina Djahnine, Filmaker, Switzerland
60.      Andrea Franco Batievsky, Filmmaker, Peru
61.      Andrée DAVANTURE, Editor, FRANCE
62.      Anne Marie LUCCIONI, Producer, France
63.      Antonio Gomez Escalonilla, Editor, Spain
64.      Apostolos Karakasis, Filmmaker, Greece
65.      B. Brunet, Editor and author, France
66.      Bahriye Kabadayý, Documentary Filmmaker, Turkey
67.      Basel Ramsis, Filmmaker, Egypt
68.      Bashar Hassuneh, Art director, Palestine
69.      Beatrice Agard, Video Maker, , France
70.     Behrooz Hashemian, film producer, France
71.      Bela Tarr, Director, Hungary
72.      Bensmail Malek, Director, Algeria
73.      BERCOT Emmanuelle, Filmmaker, France
74.      Berke Göl. critic, Turkey
75.      Bertrand Blier, Author Filmmaker Producer, France,
76.   Bertrand Tavernier, Author-Director-Producer, France
77.      BEYNE Marie-Elise, Director, France
78.      Bill Pickard, Semi-Prof Actor/Performer, England
79.      Bindi Gilles, Director, France
80.      Bordier Philipe, Director, France
81.      Bouchra El Haoudi, Director Assistant, France
82.      Brêtas Marie-Pierre, Director, France
83.      Brodin Pierre-françois, Director, France
84.      Burcu Halaç, Student, Turkey
85.      Burosse Alain, Director, France
86.      BAAZIZ Mounir, President – Tunisian filmmakers association, TUNISIA
87.      Baqué, Director, France
88.      Bassam Jarbaw,  Director, Palestine / USA
89.      Bel Hedi Habib, Producer, Tunisia
90.      Ben Russell, Artist, USA
91.      Benedicte Frely, Filmmaker, France
92.      Benhaïem Anne, Filmmaker, France
93.      Benjamin Abitan, actor, France
94.      enjamin Crotty, Director, USA
95.      Benlyazid Farida, Filmaker, Morocco
96.

Bernard STORA, Script writer & Director, FRANCE
97.      Betty Berr, director of program, France
98.      Bouchra KHALILI, Visual Artist, Morocco/France
99.      Camille de Casablanca, Author Filmmaker Producer, France
100.   Can Candan, Director, Turkey
101.   Cann Sylvie, Author-Filmmaker, Francce
102.   Carlos F. Heredero, Director de “Cahiers du cinema, España
103.Carlos Losilla, Film Writer, Spain
104.   Carlos Losilla, Critic de cinéma & Professor de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UFP) , Spain
105.   Carol Mansour, Documentary Filmmaker, Lebanon
106.   Caroline Champier, Filmmaker, France
107.   Casabianca Ugo, Filmmaker, Corsica (France)
108.   Cat Villiers, Film Producer, UK
109.   Catalina Vilar, Filmmaker, France
110.   Catherine Bernstein, Filmmaker, France
111.   Catherine Breillat, Author-Director-Producer, France
112.   Catherine Grel, Producer, France
113.   Catherine Libert, Filmmaker, Italy
114.   Cécile Telerman, Author Filmmaker Producer, France
115.   Chadi Zeneddine, Filmmaker, Lebanon
116.   Chahine Carlos, Actor and filmmaker, France
117.   Chakir Lakhlifi, Filmmaker, Morocco
118.   Chantal Piquet, Editor, France
119.   Chantal Richard, Filmmaker, France
120.   Chara Lampidou, Film Trainig – Curator, Greece
121.   Charlotte Bank, Curator, Germany
122.   Charlotte Silvera, Author Filmmaker Producer, France
123.   CHEVALLIER Laurent, film director, France
124.   Chris Marker, Director, France
125.   Christian Merlhiot Filmmaker, France
126.   Christiane Lehérissey, Director,France
127. Christine Tohme, Director of Ashkal Alwan, Lebanon
128.   Christophe Ruggia, Filmmaker, co-president of “Société des réalisateurs de films” (SRF), France
129.   Claire Burger, Director, France
130.   Claire Denis, Director, France
131.   CLAVIER Stéphane, FLIMAKER, FRANCE
132.   Colin Hickey Filmmaker, Ireland
133.   Constance Meyer Filmmaker, France
134.   Cosson, Producer, France
135.   COSTA-GAVRAS, DIRECTOR, FRANCE
136.   Cousin Mathilde, editor, France
137.   Christiane Rorato, Director,