14-year-old Zeina and herfamily are the last to have stayed in their besieged hometown of Damascus in Syria.A missile rips a giant hole in their home, exposing them to the outside world. When a rope is mysteriously lowered into the hole, Zeina gets her first taste of freedom, and an unimaginable world of possibility opens up for her.

Delicately weaving lightness and magicalrealism among heart-breaking desolation, Soudade Kaadan’s Venice Film Festival award-winner offers a powerful and moving perspective on the Syrian conflict.

The ICA is screening a Preview of the film followed by a Q&A with the director on Wednesday 1 May.