''Insyriated'', released in some territories as ''In Syria'', is a 2017 Belgian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Philippe Van Leeuw
Philippe Van Leeuw is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He made his feature-length debut in 2009 with ''The Day God Walked Away''. In 2017, he wrote and directed ''Insyriated'', which premiered at the 67th Berlin Internati ...
.
It was screened in the Panorama section at the
67th Berlin International Film Festival
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, where it won the Panoroma Audience Award.
At the
8th Magritte Awards
The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best 2017 in film, films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, Square in the historic site of Mont de ...
, the film won all six awards it was nominated for, including
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and
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* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
for Van Leeuw.
Cast
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Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass ( ar, هيام عباس, he, היאם עבאס; born 30 November 1960), also Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director.
Personal life
Hiam Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel, to a Muslim Arab family. She was raised ...
as Oum Yazan
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Diamand Bou Abboud
Diamand Abou Abooud is a Lebanese actress, working in Europe and the Arab world, specifically Lebanon and Egypt.
Early life and education
Diamand Abou Abboud studied drama at the Lebanese University's Institute of Fine Arts, Department of The ...
as Halima
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Juliette Navis as Delhani
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Mohsen Abbas as Abou Monzer
Reception
Critical reception
On
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 45 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Limited in setting but impressive in scope, ''In Syria'' uses one group's experiences to offer a brilliantly effective indictments of the horrors of war."
Accolades
References
External links
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2017 films
2017 drama films
Belgian drama films
2010s Arabic-language films
Magritte Award winners