El Jeiroudi, from Syria to Berlin my life as a refugee - Lifestyle

A film that begins without images, "because there are no images for what I have seen".

1980s, Baghdad, "I am 7 years old, my father gives me a camera.

This is my point of view": thus begins the story of Diana El Jeiroudi, 44, an independent Syrian director, who has moved for years to Berlin, co - founder of the documentary festival in Syria, in Cannes 2014 the first Syrian to be sworn in (for the Documentary Film Award).

In Venice 78 she brings her film and herself, "because cinema and life never coincide as in this case", he tells ANSA.

Republic of Silence is a monumental work, over three hours, here Out of Competition, on which he worked for twelve years. We hear many languages ​​spoken, English, Arabic, Kurdish, German in an epic fresco of the world around her, of her memories, of the condition of her country, of her daily life, of her friendships, with very poignant moments. A film about being 'refugees' and a document about the comfort of cinema in a life like this. A therapeutic film? "All cinema is, here is my perspective. Being a refugee can even seem like a label, an inscription to complete the business card, it immediately puts you in relationship with others". Republic of Silence is a kind of diary, "I wrote the film about my memories, about the situation around me, about my life today,but then the events changed everything. "When the Taliban took back power in Afghanistan a little less than a month ago, what did you think?" I felt a great sadness, the exit of the foreigners gave them license to kill ".