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Dirs, Ester Goudl & Sabine Lubbe Bakker | 2009 | Netherlands | 74min | Arabic with English sub-titles

Best friends Ezat and Bayan are about to make the journey they have planned ever since they were children. Born on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, they’ve lived all of their lives right next to the closed border of their homeland Syria. Now eighteen, they’re given the opportunity to cross the UN-monitored no man’s land to study in the capital Damascus. Feeling young, invincible and a hundred percent Syrian, they say goodbye to their village and families, knowing they won’t be able to return any time soon. Like young people all over the world, Ezat and Bayan are pursuing their dreams and ambitions, whilst enjoying their new freedom in Damascus. But the city also proves to be an anonymous place, where it’s not easy to feel at home and where you have to watch what you say. What started out as an adventure to an unknown homeland leads to a dilemma forcing them to choose sides. ‘Shout’ is a film about being young and growing up in a forgotten part of the Middle East conflict.

Director of Photography: Gregor Meerman
Sound Designer: Tim van Peppen
Film Editor: Barbara Hin
Executive Producer: Rosan Boersma

Where: Cinema 1
Tickets: Standard – £8.50 online (£10.50 full price) / Barbican Members – £6.50 online (£8.50 full price) / Concessions £7.50 / Under 15 £5.50
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