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Still Recording

2018 · 116 min

A harrowing, immersive documentary that puts you inside a besieged city, blending creative passion with the constant weight of survival.

Overview
Saeed is a young cinephile trying to teach film rules to other young people in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, but the reality they face is too harsh to respect any rules. Saeed’s friend, Milad, is on the other side of the fence; in Damascus, a city under the control of the Assad regime, finishing his studies in Fine Arts. At one point, Milad decides to leave the capital and joins Saeed in a Douma under siege, where they set up a local radio station and a recording studio. They hold the camera to film everything, until one day it is the camera that films them.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • friendship
  • art
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub
Written by
Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub
Runtime
116 min
Country
France, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic
Languages
Arabic

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