THE ORCHARDS

27.11.2025

Short Film Selection/ France, 2025, Color, 25'

 
Details
  • Director: Antoine Chapon
  • Screenplay: Antoine Chapon
  • Editing: Laura Rius Aran, Antoine Chapon
  • Cinematography: Juliette Barrat
  • Music: Hareth Mhedi
  • Producer: Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
  • Production: Petit Chaos
Recap

In 2015, in Damascus, the Basateen al-Razi district and its orchards were razed to the ground as punishment for the population's uprising against the regime. Having lost everything, two former residents recall their neighborhood.

Director

Antoine Chapon

Antoine Chapon (b. 1990, France) is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. His work creates hybrid forms using cinema, CGI animation and archives. His first short film "My Own Landscapes" premiered in Visions du Reel where it won the Best Short Film Award. It was then selected in more than 40 festivals, such as Sundance, Telluride, Palm Springs, Sarajevo and Premiers Plans. His work has been showcased at ZKM|Karlsruhe, Centre Pompidou, the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale and the Singapore Art Museum. He is a Berlinale Talents alumnus and he is currently writing his first feature documentary.

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The Orchards - Still 1

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The Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye organises the annual EU Human Rights Film Days on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click here for the list of films.