Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between fiction and documentary filmmaking. In documentaries, you have to deal with real people and their real feelings - you are working with real laughter, happiness, sadness. To try to reflect the reality is not the same as reality itself. That's why I think that making a good documentary is much harder than making a good feature film.
The problem of ISIS is not recent. Ever since the Second World War, people in this region have been, and are today, living under brutal dictatorships… - Mano Khalil
The problem of ISIS is not recent. Ever since the Second World War, people in this region have been, and are today, living under brutal dictatorships…
- Mano Khalil
I am not saying that the Kurds are angels, but they have suffered too much. These people have a right to live in their country. The right just to be … - Mano Khalil
I am not saying that the Kurds are angels, but they have suffered too much. These people have a right to live in their country. The right just to be …
After school, I went to Damascus to study law and history, which I didn't really like. I didn't like history, in particular. In Syria, the regime was… - Mano Khalil
After school, I went to Damascus to study law and history, which I didn't really like. I didn't like history, in particular. In Syria, the regime was…
If my friends are going to the mountains with guns to fight, I will continue that fight, not with guns but with a camera. - Mano Khalil
If my friends are going to the mountains with guns to fight, I will continue that fight, not with guns but with a camera.
With fiction, you are creating an imaginary world. And it can be a very mechanical process. In a fictional film, you create the characters who become… - Mano Khalil
With fiction, you are creating an imaginary world. And it can be a very mechanical process. In a fictional film, you create the characters who become…
Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that I can say something through… - Mano Khalil
Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that I can say something through…
Even if you make a movie about a criminal locked up in prison, you may not support him as a criminal, but you have to like him on some level. You hav… - Mano Khalil
Even if you make a movie about a criminal locked up in prison, you may not support him as a criminal, but you have to like him on some level. You hav…
Sitting in the darkness of the cinema, I got to see another world. This imaginary world was a refuge for many of us. Of course, the films were contro… - Mano Khalil
Sitting in the darkness of the cinema, I got to see another world. This imaginary world was a refuge for many of us. Of course, the films were contro…
Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between fiction and documentary filmmaking. In doc… - Mano Khalil
Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between fiction and documentary filmmaking. In doc…
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