Movie

Half Moon
2025 · 92 min
A quiet, reflective portrait of an artist in exile, blending sorrow and hope through music and memory.
- Directed by
- Frank Scheffer
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Kinan Azmeh, Dima Orsho, Basilius Arawad
- Overview
- An elegiac documentary following virtuosic clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh, a Damascus-born musician living in exile, as he attempts to find meaning and purpose after the outbreak of war in Syria. A profound exploration of the role art can play in forging identity and community.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, art, isolation, war
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Frank Scheffer
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Kinan Azmeh, Dima Orsho, Basilius Arawad

