The Orchards
Antoine Chapon | 2025 | France | 25’
About the film
In 2015, the Basateen al-Razi district in Damascus was completely razed to the ground – a retaliatory act for the uprising that had taken place there against Assad’s regime. Two former residents try to remember their old neighbourhood, once known for the oldest orchards of Damascus. The regime had grand plans for the area: the construction of an entirely new city, Marota City. As an act of resistance, this planned city is now being reconstructed in 3D – not to celebrate it, but to protest against it in the virtual world.



