Change Quote by 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,…

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mano Khalil

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

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

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

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

I dream about going back, but I know that it isn't easy. Thirty years of being in Europe has changed my life. I am…

— Mano Khalil