Double Vision by Ibraheem Ramadan – A Project in Progress
Dec 2018
Double Vision is a project in progress that is based on a documentary material of a journey made by a group of animation artists in Syria between 2008 and 2011 along the western strip of Syria. Later on, following the discovery of a documentary material dating back to 1974 and documenting the Syrian-Lebanese Rally, which started from Beirut and spread along the Syrian and Lebanese maps, the plot of the film was created. It combines both journeys and the two different periods within a single story using various available media, including documentary materials and animation to draw an integrated map of the journey away from wars and conflicts that would cut off the roads and prevent the cars from proceeding safely.
During the 2018 Stuttgart Festival and the Arab Animation Forum, Double Vision won the Best Project in Progress Award and was nominated for the support of the German Robert Bosch Foundation at 2019 Berlin Festival.
The project is currently being completed in cooperation with Cinema Animation Studio in Berlin and the project team is looking forward to premiering the film at 2020 Berlin Festival.
Ibraheem Ramadan
Ramadan was born in Damascus in 1981. He studied journalism and media at Damascus University. He worked as a Technical Director at Al-Najm Animation Studios in Damascus between 2006 and 2009.
Using Stop Motion technique, Ramadan produced his first film in 2012 titled The Good, The Bad and The Sadistic, which participated in several festivals including the 9th Dubai Film Festival. He moved to Lebanon in the same year to continue his work as a graphic artist with several institutions, such as BBC Media Action and Common Space Inactive. He has been working with Al Jazeera Documentary since 2014.
Ramadan produced his second film The Safe in 2014. In recent years, he has focused on the modern history and cultural identity of Syria, Lebanon and Egypt through re-introducing the artistic and cultural heritage using his artistic media.
He currently lives in France and works in collaboration with Sinnema Animation Studio in Berlin to produce his third film Double Vision, which won the Best Project in Progress Award at the Arab Animation Forum on the sidelines of the 2018 Stuttgart Festival.
