Keyrouz displays a talent for helming action and definitely knows how to build tension.

Jimmy Keyrouz draws inspiration from true events in Syria for his début feature, while providing a hopeful perspective on the battle between religious extremism and the arts.

Inspired by true events and expanded from his 2016 short Nocturne In Black, Jimmy Keyrouz's impressive debut feature captures the horrors of everyday life in war-torn Syria.

A tale of quiet resistance and hope for a better future in the face of conflict, which though a little broad brush in its strokes and tending towards sentimentality in places, nevertheless packages its difficult themes well for a mainstream.