Sayfo documentary “Souls in Transit” by Aida Schläpfer in cinemas in Havana

HAVANA — Film Director Aida Schläpfer al-Hassani and DA Production are set to screen their documentary about the 1915 Sayfo Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire during and after the First World War against the Christian peoples in its territories, including the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean), Greek, and Armenian peoples.

The documentary film, Souls in Transit, will screen in Havana, Cuba, on 19-20 December at cinemas Prado and Sala Charlot. Souls in Transit has previously screened at film festivals, garnering praise and several awards.

Film Director Aida Schläpfer al-Hassani previously made the documentary ‘NouN’ about the conquest of Mosul and the Nineveh Plains by the terrorist organization Islamic State and the subsequent destruction, bloodshed and heavy repression of the population.