Al Basateen

The Orchards Al Basateen

• best SHORT OR MEDIUM LENGTH FILM Running for Jean-Loup Passek award Running for D. Quijote award

Synopsis

In 2015, in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi district and its orchards were razed to the ground as punishment for the population’s uprising against the regime. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighbourhood.


Film screening

03 August > 16:00

Casa da Cultura

Al Basateen

Antoine Chapon | France, 2025, 25'
  • Photography: Juliette Barrat
  • Sound: Simon Apostolo, Ryo Baldet
  • Editing: Laura Rius Aran, Antoine Chapon
  • Production: Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
Antoine Chapon

Antoine Chapon

Antoine Chapon (b. 1990, France) is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. His work creates hybrid forms using cinema, CGI animation and archives. His first short film “My Own Landscapes” premiered in Visions du Reel where it won the Best Short Film Award. His work has been showcased at ZKM|Karlsruhe, Centre Pompidou, the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale and the Singapore Art Museum. He is a Berlinale Talents alumnus and he is currently writing his first feature documentary.