Profile
Ossama Mohammed is a Syrian filmmaker based in France. Ossama Mohammed’s films examine power, conflict and humanity. He has played a central role in Syria’s film and film production scene for several decades. Through diverse, innovative methods, from dramatic satire to, reflections from exile and street recordings, he creates unflinching, profound and poetic insights into the Syrian context.His notable works include "Stars in Broad Daylight" (1988), which is one of the most significant films in Syrian cinema, exposing the mechanisms of tyranny pre-Arab Spring, and "Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait" (2014), a visceral documentary co-directed with Wiam Simav Bedirxan. The latter received international acclaim for its harrowing, user-generated portrayal of the Syrian civil war and was featured in numerous film festivals including Cannes.
