Cinema of Syria
| Cinema of Syria | |
|---|---|
| No. of screens | 5 (2011) |
| • Per capita | 0.1 Per 100,000 |
| Main distributors | Al-Fardos Drama, Sama Art |
| Produced feature films (2006) | |
| Fictional | 4 |
| Animated | – |
| Documentary | 1 |
Cinema of Syria (Arabic: السينما السورية, romanized: Alsiynāmā ạl-Sūriyah) refers to film production in Syria since its independence from France in 1946.
Cinema started in the French Mandate for Syria in 1928 with the screening of Al-Muttaham al-Bari (The Innocent Suspect), the country's first feature film. Nearly a century later, filmmaker Feras Fayyad became the first Syrian to be nominated for an Academy Award, with Last Men in Aleppo earning a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 2018 Oscars.