March 17, 2025

The history of cinema in the Western Kurdistan, or Rojava cannotbe studied separately from the Syrian cinema. In fact, one canclaim that a cinema with distinct features has not yet beendeveloped in Rojava, and one cannot observe signs of intention toward making film with different identities among the directors.What we have is the combination, or the pure imitation of Syriancinema or to some extent Turkish cinema. Hence, we shouldbegin with a short introduction on Syrian cinema.In 1908, a café in Aleppo was the first place in Syria, where amovie was shown. Later, the Ottoman official system establishedthe first movie theatre in Damascus, which was burned in lessthan a month.There was some attempts for making people familiar with cinema,but the role of the French was more effective. They played abilateral role; they imported the necessary facilities andknowledge of cinema into Syria and they were also the ones whoestablished the censorship in the cinema industry in Syria. To read more Download the Article