Wiam Simav Bedirxan is a Syrian Kurdish documentary filmmaker from
Homs, who co-directed the 2014 film Silvered Water, Syria
Self-Portrait with exiled filmmaker Usama Muhammad. Bedirxan
documented the Siege of Homs, sending footage via the internet to
Muhammad in Paris, in order to make Silvered Water, Syria
Self-Portrait, which had its world premiere at the 2014 Cannes Film
Festival.Wiam Simav Bedirxan was born in Saudi Arabia, where her
mother was a teacher for five years. The family returned to Syria in
the 1980s and in 1997 they settled in Homs. She attended University in
Aleppo. Following she became an elementary school teacher in Homs and
began to film what happens in Homs. She fled Syria through Istanbul
and from there to Paris to work on the film Silvered Water, Syria Self
Portrait with Usama Muhammad and attend the film's world premiere in
Cannes.
Homs, who co-directed the 2014 film Silvered Water, Syria
Self-Portrait with exiled filmmaker Usama Muhammad. Bedirxan
documented the Siege of Homs, sending footage via the internet to
Muhammad in Paris, in order to make Silvered Water, Syria
Self-Portrait, which had its world premiere at the 2014 Cannes Film
Festival.Wiam Simav Bedirxan was born in Saudi Arabia, where her
mother was a teacher for five years. The family returned to Syria in
the 1980s and in 1997 they settled in Homs. She attended University in
Aleppo. Following she became an elementary school teacher in Homs and
began to film what happens in Homs. She fled Syria through Istanbul
and from there to Paris to work on the film Silvered Water, Syria Self
Portrait with Usama Muhammad and attend the film's world premiere in
Cannes.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.