Last Men in Aleppo
After five years of war in Syria, the remaining 350,000 citizens of Aleppo are preparing themselves for a siege. A volunteer rescue group called the "White Helmets" have chosen to stay in the city and help save their people. The founding members, Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud are the first to enter bombed buildings, scouring through the rubble in search of bodies and signs of life. Should they stay and risk death, or should they try to leave and save their own families?
Firas Fayyad is an award-winning Syrian filmmaker. He has directed, edited and produced several films, both documentary and fiction. He has participated in international film festivals and received recognition for his work about contemporary Syrian issues and the political transformation in the Arab world. His latest film, Last Men in Aleppo, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2017 Sundance FilmFestival; the prize for Most Innovative Documentary at the second annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards; the IDA Courage Under Fire Award and received two nominations from Cinema Eye Honors.