Hala Alabdalla

Hala Alabdalla

History

Hala Alabdalla is a Syrian cinematographer and director.

Profile

Hala Alabdalla

Movies

Omar Amiralay: Sorrow, Time, Silence
Director
Veteran Syrian director Hala Alabdalla returns to LFF with a moving portrait of her late friend and pioneer of Arab non-fiction cinema.
Farouk, Besieged Like Me
Director
An affectionate portrait of writer and publisher Farouk Mardem-Bey.
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
As If We Were Catching a Cobra
Cinematography
Focusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming a vehicle for dissent and a voice for freedom of expression in the Arab world.
As If We Were Catching a Cobra
Director
Focusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming a vehicle for dissent and a voice for freedom of expression in the Arab world.
I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave
Director
Interviews with three Syrian women who live in exile.
Over the Sand, Under the Sun
Director
Short documentary about political prisoners struggling to come to terms with haunting memories, produced for the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film presents a reflection on the effects of prison in general and on the theatre director Ghassan Jbaii in particular. The artist used his work to come to terms with his haunting memories and regain the world outside the prison walls.