Dounia & the Princess of Aleppo
from 7 y/o
Canada
2022
72’
French with Polish voiceover and English subtitles
Screenings
30.11
09:30
Multikino room 2
03.12
10:00
Multikino room 2
Full cast and creators
director
André Kadi, Marya Zarif
screenwriter
Marya Zarif
animation
Marie-Michelle Laflamme
music
Pierre Yves Drapeau
editing
Karine Vézina
producer
Judith Beauregard
cast
Rahaf Ataya, Elza Mardirossian, Manuel Tadros
right holder
Be For Films
6-year-old Dounia and her family must flee the city. In her hand, she holds magical nigella seeds, and in her head – a story about the princess of Aleppo, who serves as the girl’s guide on her journey to find a new home.
Children’s Panorama
André Kadi
André, who arrived in Canada in 2007 as a graphic novel author and a musician, joined Frima animation studios, where he stayed for over 11 years. He co-founded Du Coup Animation in 2018, then Du Coup Production in 2021. A rigorous studio head who directs most of Du Coup’s projects, he co-directed Dounia in 2020 with Marya Zarif. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo is his first feature film.
Marya Zarif
A multidisciplinary artist who has developed expert skills in multiplatform design, screenplay writing and direction, and has fifteen years of experience in contents aimed for young audiences. In 2020, she created, wrote and co-directed her first animated web series for the young, Dounia. Dounia and The Princess of Aleppo is her first feature film.
