The Oath of Cyriac

Saturday, September 17 at 19:00
Art kino Croatia
Director: Olivier Bourgeois
Producer: Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer, Houmam Saad
Country of origin: Andorra, 2021
Runtime: 72'

SUMMARY

As the war rages around them, a small group of archaeologists, museum curators and attendants struggle to preserve the monumental collections of antiquities at the Aleppo National Museum during the Syrian conflict. But in 2015, the Museum has become a front line and the risk of seeing these treasures disappearing is greater every day: how to evacuate 50,000 artifacts in a besieged city? In this race against time, nothing is guaranteed, nothing is certain, the only certainty lies in one fact: if the museum's collections are lost, a whole part of human history will disappear with them. "The Oath of Cyriac" is a feature docudrama based on a breathtaking true story that will challenge your vision of archaeologists.

Director Biography

Olivier started his career as a commercial TV producer for major companies. In 2004 his passion for culture and the environment led him to produce, direct and write the first opus of the documentary trilogy "HERITAGE". The feature documentary "HERE TO STAY" (Original title « Nous Resterons sur Terre ») which takes an uncompromising look at the state of the Earth, was co-produced with the French film studio GAUMONT FILM COMPANY. Starring Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Mikhail Gorbachev and Wangari Maathai, environmentalist James Lovelock and Philosopher Edgar Morin, the film has been released in 25 countries with support from UNESCO and UNEP. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149600/ In 2015, Olivier has created and developed an audio-visual archive bringing together an unprecedented number of testimonies from archaeologists, museum curators and guards who have contributed significantly to the protection and rescue of Syrian Heritage since the start of the armed conflict in 2011. During his many stays in Syria, he wrote, directed and produced the second film of the "HERITAGE" trilogy. Based on the incredible true story of ordinary people saving the antique collections of the Aleppo Museum during the war, the docudrama "THE OATH OF CYRIAC" was completed in May 2021
ISTRA FILM presents HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL
Program manager and director TIHA MODRIĆ
Producers TIHA MODRIĆ & DEJAN BOJC
Video production ROBERT KALČIĆ & IGOR MODRIĆ
Designer ROBERT KRANČIĆ
Photography RINO GROPUZZO
Graphic & web design GRAFIK, Rijeka
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