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Orwa Nyrabia

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Orwa Nyrabia
An award-winning film producer, cinematographer, educator, and film festival director based in Berlin, Germany. Orwa studied acting at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus (1999). Together with Diana El Jeiroudi he co-founded Proaction Film, and Dox Box International Documentary Film Festival in Syria, and No Nation Films GmbH in Germany. From 2018 to 2025 he was the Artistic Director of Amsterdam's IDFA, the largest and most influential documentary film festival in the world.
BornDecember 16, 1977
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BornDecember 16, 1977
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait (2014)
    Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait
    7.6
    • Producer
    • 2014
    Notturno (2020)
    Notturno
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2020
    The Return to Homs (2013)
    The Return to Homs
    7.6
    • Producer
    • 2013
    Over the Sky of Damascus
    • Producer
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Producer

    • 5 Seasons of Revolution (2023)
      5 Seasons of Revolution
      7.5
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Republic of Silence (2021)
      Republic of Silence
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Notturno (2020)
      Notturno
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait (2014)
      Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait
      7.6
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Morning Fears, Night Chants (2013)
      Morning Fears, Night Chants
      Short
      • associate producer (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • The Return to Homs (2013)
      The Return to Homs
      7.6
      • producer
      • 2013
    • The Light in Her Eyes (2011)
      The Light in Her Eyes
      7.1
      • co-producer
      • 2011
    • Orwa Nyrabia, Joude Gorani, Diana El Jeiroudi, and Nareg Abajian in Dolls: A Woman from Damascus (2007)
      Dolls: A Woman from Damascus
      6.9
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Crusades: Crescent & the Cross (2005)
      Crusades: Crescent & the Cross
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • line producer: Syria (uncredited)
      • 2005
    • The Pot (2005)
      The Pot
      7.5
      Short
      • producer
      • 2005
    • Over the Sky of Damascus
      • associate producer
      • 2004

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Rami Hanna and Sulafa Memar in Under the Ceiling (2005)
      Under the Ceiling
      7.0
      • chief assistant director
      • 2005
    • Sacrifices (2002)
      Sacrifices
      6.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2002

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Republic of Silence (2021)
      Republic of Silence
      7.2
      • camera
      • 2021
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2015

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Orwa Nyrabeya
    • Born
      • December 16, 1977
      • Syria

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