The Journalist And Her Jailers
Luna Watfa, a journalist and former political prisoner living in exile in Germany, reports on the men charged with mass detention and torture in Bashar al-Assad's prisons, at the world's first trial against members of the Syrian regime, for crimes against humanity.
I developed the documentary, successfully pitched it to funders and commissioning executives; directed and self-shot the film; structured and wrote the film script and oversaw edit, grading, sound mix and delivery.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (83 minutes)
Production Company: Tondowski Films
Networks: ARD, Knowledge Network, TVO, Deutsche Welle Germany, Canada.
International Sales: First Hand Films
Role: Director, Director of Photography, Co-Writer
The film, which won German public broadcaster ARD’s Top Docs competition, broadcast at feature length on Channel 1 and streamed on their platform. It was nominated for Germany’s Human Rights Film Prize and the Roman Brodmann Prize for political and social documentary.
