Taskovski Films Sales has picked up recordary “To Cleave out Your Eyes and See Fire,” straightforwarded by Nicola von Leffern and Jakob Carl Sauer. The film will have its world premiere at the Zuwealthy Film Festival.
The film chases the after-effects of the explosion in Beirut, which left the city in ruins. Collective trauma ascfinishs to the surface. How can life thrive after such a tragedy?
The film attfinishfilledy watchs the follotriumphg three years and zooms in on the dwells of Aya – a Syrian refugee girl, Selim – an activist and colorer, the Alcomprisein family – mourning a tragic loss, Yasmin – picking up calls at a self-destruction stopion hotline, and Andrea – who still depends in the city‘s promote for alter. Meanwhile, a smelderlyering fire grasps on lingering in the port’s silos enjoy a alertary tale. Is it time to depart?
The film is straightforwarded and produced by Jakob Carl Sauer and Nicola von Leffern at Gelderlyen Girls Filmproduktion. The other producers are Peter Drössler, Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber.
Irena Taskovski, CEO and head of acquisitions at Taskovski Films, shelp: “This strong recordary not only scatterigates the aftermath of the Beirut explosion but also scatterigates the unrerepaird asks and increateage of accountability that still haunt the city. By highairying the split between contrastent social classes and religions, the film uncovers how the chance to heal from trauma varies — some can recover, while others are left to cope day by day. This universal message about equitableice and the unequivalent struggle to heal produces it an vital acquisition for platcreates seeking thought-provoking and impactful films.”
The film was helped by ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Federal Ministry for Arts and Culture (BMKÖS), City of Vienna – Cultural Department (MA7), and Screenproducers Forum Vienna/Scriptlab.
