Omar Amiralay

Omar Amirali (born 1944) is a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.

Filmography

• 1970 NUHAWWILU SADD AL-FURAT (Attempt at the Euphrates Dam)
• 1974 AL-HAYAT AL-YAWMIYA FI QARIA SÛRIYA (Daily life in a Syrian village)
• 1977 AL-DAJAJ (The chickens)
• 1978 'AN AL-THAWRA (On the revolution)
• 1982 LE MALHEUR DES UNS? (The misfortunes of some...), UN PARFUM DE PARADIS (An odour of paradise)
• 1983 LE SARCOPHAGE DE L'AMOUR (The sarcophagus of love)
• 1984 VIDEO SUR SABLE (Video on sand)
• 1986 AL-ADU AL-HAMIM (The intimate enemy)
• 1988 LA DAME DE SHIBAM (The lady of Shibam), A L'EST DE BADEN (East of Baden)
• 1990 A L'ATTENTION DE MADAME LE PREMIER MINISTRE BENAZIR BHUTTO(For the attention of Madame the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto)
• 1992 MUDARRIS (A teacher)
• 1996 PAR UN JOUR DE VIOLENCE ORDINAIRE, MON AMI MICHEL SEURAT... (On a day of ordinary voilence, my friend Michel Seurat...)
• 1997 IL Y A TANT DE CHOSES ENCORE A RACONTER (There are so many things still to say)
• 2000 L'HOMME AUX SEMELLES D'OR (The man with the golden soles)
• 2004 A FLOOD IN BAATH COUNTRY

Sources: http://www.pardo.ch/1996/festival96/present/parunreg.html http://www.artepro.com/programmes/50364/filmographie.htm

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