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Raqqa, a city of countless empires over the centuries, has witnessed profound political, social and  cultural changes in recent years. Conquered and subdued by the Islamic Caliphate in 2013, Raqqa  lived under the violence and control of the Islamic State and was finally liberated by the Syrian  Democratic Forces in 2017. This is the story of three women who have lived through the Ba’ath  regime, the rise and fall of the Islamic Caliphate and who now put all their hopes and energies into  building a democratic alternative to war and fundamentalism. 

Watch & donate to Raqqa : https://www.openddb.stream/film/blooming-in-the-desert/ 

Technical sheet 
Color : Color
Format : FullHD
Aspect ratio : 16:9
Year : 2021
Language : Arabic
Subtitles : English, Italian, Spanish
Director : Benedetta Argentieri 
Camera : Benedetta Argentieri, Dani Ellis, Sara A. de Ceano-Vivas Núñez 
Screenplay : Benedetta Argentieri, Sara A. de Ceano-Vivas Núñez
Producer : Sara A. de Ceano-Vivas Núñez
Extra footage : Azad Avdike
Editing : Azad Avdike, Matteo Mossi
Post-production :  Claudio Cadei, Luigi D’AlifeTranslation: Khabat Abbas, Rose Ali
Production : Banos Film, Comuna Film of Rojava, Open DDB, Possibile FilmSMK Factory

“I am the Revolution” is a  documentary about three women fighting for freedom and gender equality – Selay Ghaffar, Rojda Felat, and Yanar Mohammed- while living in three of the worst countries in the world for women: Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq. Each country reflects the groundwell of feminist revolutions: political revolution in Afghanistan, armed in Syria, and grassroots activism in Iraq. Taking a journalistic approach, the film challenges the images of veiled, silent, and timid women in the Middle East and instead shows the strength of women rising up on the frontlines, in remote villages, and in city streets, to claim their voice and their rights

Technical sheet
Color : color
Year : 2018
Country : Italy
Director : Benedetta Argentieri
Screenplay : Benedetta Argentieri, Claudio Jampaglia
Producers : Claudio Jampaglia, Elizabeth Pauker, Benedetta Argentieri, Lorenzo Gangarossa
Executive producer : Claudio Jampaglia
Production : PossibileFilm, Rai Cinema, Start
Distribution : Movieday (Italia)
Editor : Elena Toccafondi
Supervising Editor : Bruno Chiaravalloti
Cinematographers : Arianna La Penne Léa Khayata Francesca Tosarelli
Duration : 74’
Aspect ratio : 1.77:1 / 16×9
Languages : English, Arabic, Kurdish, Pashtun
Subtitles : English, Italian
Exhibition : DCP 

Why do people join a foreign militia to fight a war that is not theirs? This was one the main questions we asked ourselves when we started thinking about this project. With Claudio Jampaglia and Bruno Chiravalloti — co-directors with me — we tried to answer but that wasn’t enough. We  wanted to go further, and take a step in an unknown direction. We started thinking of  the war in Syria in a different way and that it was way closer than anyone in Western world wanted to admit. As we went deeper into the subject of foreigners joining the battle against the so-called Islamic State, we decided not to take a stand on their decision but leave that judgement on the public.

The result of 14 months of work is Our War, a 68 minutes documentary which was presented at the 73 edition of the Venice Film Festival.

If you want to know more please visit the website.

You can watch the trailer on Vimeo.

Technical scheet
Color : color
Format : Full HD, mini DV
Time : 68’
Languages : Arabic, English, Italian, Kurdish
Subtitles : English, Italian
Year : 2016
Directors : Benedetta Argentieri, Bruno Chiaravallotti, Claudio Jampiglia
Protagonists : Joshua Bell, Karim Franceschi, Rafael Kardari
Screenplay : Benedetta Argentieri, Claudio Jampiglia
Cinematography : Bruno Chiaravallotti
Syrian footage : Karim Franceschi, Cyril Hellman, Ypg Media Center
Italian footage : Annalisa Brambilla, Matteo Finazzi
Go-Pro footage : Rafael Kardari
Editing : Bruno Chiaravallotti, Chiara Vullo
Sound : Bruno Chiaravallotti, Claudio Jampiglia
Original Music : Vittorio Cosma
Original song “Our Wa” : Vittorio Cosma, Eugenio Finardi
Music production : Ala Bianca Edizioni
Video Post-production : Riccardo Annoni, Stefano Barozzi – Start
Audio Post-production : Andrea Pestarino – Bravagente
Subtitles : Andrea Terradura
Swedish producer : Kovan Alshawish
Produced by : Lorenzo Gangarossa, PossibileFilm, RaiCinema