Dounia: The Great White North

Dounia is back! This time, she has moved into a little blue house in a small town in Canada, where there’s lots of snow – something completely different from Aleppo in Syria!

Slowly but surely, Dounia and her grandparents, Jeddo and Teta, begin to find their place in their new country. Everything here is new: intense and varied seasons, new food, and several new languages. Her grandparents do their best to keep Syrian traditions alive at home, while Dounia's new friends, Rosalie and Miguizou, share their distinctly different traditions with her.

DOUNIA | Double Screening at Urtegata 11

We are screening two children's films about the Syrian girl Dounia's journey from Syria to Canada. The films will be shown at the bike workshop in Urtegata 11 on Saturday, April 5. Both screenings are completely free!

Program: 

12:00 – Screening: DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO | The film is in Arabic with Norwegian subtitles.

14:00 – Screening: DOUNIA: THE GREAT WHITE NORTH | The film is in English with English subtitles.

This event is done in collaboration with Urtegata.co at UG11.

Director

Marya Zarif, born in Syria, studied communication and theater in Canada. She co-created The House of Syria (2013) and co-founded I Want to Play (2015). In 2020, she created the web series Dounia, which led to the feature film Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022). André Kadi, a French comic book creator and musician based in Canada, directed MaXi (2017) and L’Agent Jean! (2018) and co-directed the Dounia series and feature film.

This film is part of