Between the Frame and the Fund: Cinema as Art and Industry. Rebuilding Syrian cinema means rebuilding what disappeared over the past decade: production capacity, crews, financing, and safe conditions for filmmakers, many of whom now work from exile, so what does it take to bring that ecosystem home, and can international recognition help
fund it while keeping cinema’s identity as an art form intact?
Speakers:

• Soleil Gharbieh: experienced professional in Arts management, film, and music, program
  manager at AFAC.
• Guevara Nemer: Syrian Kurdish photographer, documentary producer, and filmmaker