INSYRIATED

'A chilling, fast-moving study of a Syrian household under siege, Insyriated brings the everyday horror home with the kind of realism associated with the most gripping war films.' – Hollywood Reporter

An urgent, timely experience in view of the current trauma affecting Syria, this tense thriller stars the great Hiam Abbass as Oum Yazan, a staunch matriarch trying to hold together her Damascus apartment under attack from the bombs, gunfire and domestic intruders outside.

Set almost entirely in the shell-shocked apartment, the second feature from accomplished cinematographer turned director Philippe Van Leeuw puts the audience in the harrowing predicament of Yazan's charges (her housemaid, father-in-law, young son, two daughters, their teenage friend, and a young couple with a baby) as they attempt to survive unimaginable violence raging across the city.

Winner of the Panorama Audience Award and Best European Film prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival, this is gripping, provocative filmmaking of the political moment.

'Portraying claustrophobic family life lived within the Syrian war zone, Insyriated redefines the genre of 'war movie'.' – Berlin Film Journal