Oscars: Syria Selects Saydnaya Prison Hybrid Doc ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’ In First Post-Assad Entry - Deadline

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Syria has submitted Tawfik Sabouni’s The Other Side of the Sun as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category of the the 99th Academy Awards. It is the first film submitted by Syria since the ousting of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 and the establishment of a transitional government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa, after a devastating near 14-year civil war. It also marks the first selection made by the newly established Syrian Oscar committee overseen by the General Organization for Cinema and accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The se…