Nidal Al-Dibs

Birth : 1960-01-01, Syria

History

Nidal Al Dibs was born in 1960 in Syria, and studied directing at Moscow’s VIGIK film school from 1988-94, where his graduation film was Collage (1994). He began working on Syrian films as an assistant director in 1996 and made his professional directing debut with the short film Ya Leil Ya Ein (1999). Under the Ceiling is his first feature film.

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Movies

Homemade Stories

Director

When the revolution in Syria turned into war, Nidal Al Dibs and his family fled to Cairo. There, he started filming his Egyptian friends as they attempt to reopen a long-closed cinema in their impoverished neighborhood. As this endeavor proves to be more and more difficult, Nidal turns to managing renovations of his house back in his troubled homeland.

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Scenario Writer

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Director

This film illustrates the lives of children growing up in the area of Hajar al-Aswad (Black Stone), a poor district of Damascus. The four children in the film collect metal scraps to sell in order to help sustain their families economically, yet their wanderings give them the ability to explore and dream.

Under the Ceiling

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Under the Ceiling

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Ya Leil Ya Ein

Screenplay

This short film contains no dialogue, as its alluring cinematography focuses on a man and a woman and the parallels of their lonely lives, their physical labor, and their intimate emotions.

Ya Leil Ya Ein

Director

This short film contains no dialogue, as its alluring cinematography focuses on a man and a woman and the parallels of their lonely lives, their physical labor, and their intimate emotions.