It's Only the Beginning

Directors
Chus López Vidal
Paula Rodríguez

Country

Year
2013

Duration
67 min

Languages

Subtitles
Arabic/English/Spanish

The documentary It’s Only the Beginning follows six Arab cineastes as they meet each other in Berlin. Amal is from Egypt, Dhana a Palestinian living in Lebanon. Soudade comes from Syria and Habiba from Algeria. Marwa is of Sudanese origin and lives in Cairo and Nadia is from Tunisia. In the aftermath of the events widely known as the “Arab Spring”, they travel to the German capital where have been invited by two mutual friends, the directors of the film, to screen their own work and get together. It’s Only the Beginning documents the women as they journey together through the streets of Berlin, exchanging feelings about what they witnessed and about how both their lives and their work as filmmakers were impacted during this most convulsive period.