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Syrian Filmmakers Hail End of Assad Regime and Look to Rebuild Industry as an ‘Internationally Connected’ Community: ‘The War Is Finished, Let’s Go Back’
Bashar Assad's shock ouster from power has reverberated across the film community, especially among Syrians displaced by the 13-year civil war
The stunning fall of the Syrian government early Sunday — a bloodless coup by Islamist rebels that ended the brutal 50-year rule of the Bashar Assad regime — has been reverberating across the global film community. However, while there are no doubts that toppling Assad marks the end of a horrific era, Alaa Karkouti, CEO and co-founder of prominent Arab film distribution and marketing and talent agency MAD Solutions — who left his native Syria for Cairo before the civil war — struck a more cautious note. Regarding the prospects of a positive transition, ideally to democracy, Von Einsiedel noted that “obviously the road ahead is uncertain.” But he also pointed out that “Syrians are some of the bravest, resourceful and most principled people I’ve ever met” and expressed optimism they can “turn the page on this dark period of history under Assad’s rule.”
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