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 trying to present to us a distorted version of the past. Assad was… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
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,… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
When I see that people are touched, and they feel solidarity with him, I say to myself, "I made a little change." — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
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 governed by nationalistic fervor. As for the Kurdish question: nobody from the Arab world is serious about fighting ISIS. It's only the Kurdish people who are standing firm against ISIS. And I think Europe,… — Mano Khalil Copy Share
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… — Mano Khalil Copy Share
Sitting in the darkness of the cinema, I got to see another world. This imaginary world was a refuge for many of us. Of… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
With fiction, you are creating an imaginary world. And it can be a very mechanical process. In a fictional film, you create the characters… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
Now the world believes in Kurds, as they have become partners in that region. The West doesn't believe in the Iraqi government - not… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
Even if you make a movie about a criminal locked up in prison, you may not support him as a criminal, but you have… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
In all my documentaries, I have great respect for the people I work with. Really, I love them. And it's very important for me… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
It's difficult to make movies. For me it was easier, as a refugee in Switzerland, to make documentary films, because I didn't need a… — Mano Khalil Copy Share Image
