简介：BeforeVanishing(Qablael-Ikhtifa’),byJoudeGorani(France/Syria,2005,18min,Color,DigiBETAPAL) Synopsis: InBeforeVanishing,filmmakerJoudeGoranitravelsfromthebeginningtotheendoftheBaradariverthatsurroundsthecapitalcityofDamascus.Oftendeemediconicofnature'swondrousbeauty,wediscoverhowtheBaradariverhassufferedfromexploitation,neglect,pollutionandunplannedurbanization.Thefilmalsouncoversthetransformationoftheriver'ssociallifeandprovidesanintelligentmeasureofthedistancebetweenideologyandreality,incontemporarySyria. Credits: Cinematography:JoudeGorani Sound:GhanemLeprince Editing:DelphineDumont Production:Femis Filmmaker’sBiography: AftergraduatingfromtheFEMISin2005withadegreeincinematography,JoudeGoraninowlivesandworksinSyria.BeforeVanishingishergraduationfilm,shehassinceworkedasacinematographerondocumentariessuchasBlackStone(al-Hajaral-Aswad,directedbyNidalel-Dibs),andWhenIEvaporated(directedbyCamillaMagid).…