The Orchards

Antoine CHAPON
France
DCP
2025
Color
25min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2025 Berlin International Film Festival
★ 2025 DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Synopsis

Ten years after Damascus’s Basateen al-Razi district was destroyed for resisting Assad’s regime, two former residents recall the homes and historic orchards they lost.

Team

director

Antoine CHAPON

Antoine CHAPON is a French filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. His work creates hybrid forms using cinema, CGI animation, and archives. His first short film, My Own Landscapes, premiered at Visions du Reel where it won Best Short Film.

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