The Ministry of Culture mourned on Monday the Syrian filmmaker Antoinette Azarieh, who died at the age of 76 after a long struggle with illness, leaving behind a rich artistic legacy that contributed to enriching cinema and consolidating the status of editing as a fundamental pillar in the artistic construction of film.
Her educational and professional career
The Ministry clarified in a statement published via its Telegram channel that the deceased was born in the city of Aleppo in 1950 and continued her education there, before moving to Cairo to study cinema academically, where she graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1976 specializing in editing. The deceased began her work at the General Organization for Cinema in 1977, starting a professional career that spanned decades during which she dedicated her expertise and aesthetic vision to developing the language of editing and shaping the image, sound strips, and dramatic rhythm of many national works.
Achievements and awards
Azarieh won three international awards during her career in recognition of her excellence, starting with the Egyptian film award "A Story of What Happened in the City of Naim" in 1976, followed by the Syrian film award "Stars of the Day" at the Carthage International Festival in 1988, up to the Syrian film award "Al-Laja" at the Alexandria International Festival in 1996. The deceased recorded a notable presence in editing the most prominent milestones of Syrian cinema such as "The Half-Meter Incident" in collaboration with Zuhair Dayeh, "Nights of the Jackal", "Algae", "Neighing of the Winds", in addition to her directing experience in the short film "Children Are Not Always Fools".
Ministry's condolences
The Ministry extended its sincere condolences to the family of the deceased, her friends, and admirers, noting that her passing represents a major loss for the cultural and artistic scene, which has lost one of its most prominent pioneering figures, while her creative contributions will remain a shining mark engraved in the memory of national cinema.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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