Wiam Simav Bedirxan

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.[1][2]

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.[3] Following she became an elementary school teacher in Homs and began to film what happens in Homs.[4] She fled Syria through Istanbul and from there to Paris to work on the film Silvered Water, Syria Self Portrait[3] with Usama Muhammad and attend the film's world premiere in Cannes.[4]

References
  1. "Siege of Homs film gets Cannes ovation". Khaleej Times. Agence France-Presse. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. Young, Deborah (15 May 2014). "'Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait': Cannes Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. "Wiam Simav Bedirxan, réalisatrice d'"Eau argentée" : "J'aurais tellement voulu filmer plus !"". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  4. Vivarelli, Nick (17 May 2014). "Cannes: Syrian Director Talks 'Silvered Water,' Filming Revolution on Cell Phones". Variety. Retrieved 18 May 2014.


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