The Pianist of Yarmouk

This touching 14-minute documentary combines animation, original music, and interview with performance and archive footage to chronicle the remarkable journey of Aeham Ahmad, a classically trained musician attempting to escape the war in Syria. Ahmad rose to international prominence in 2014 after being filmed playing the piano and singing songs of peace amid the rubble of Yarmouk, a besieged Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. When invading fighters threatened his life, Aeham was forced to flee with his wife and children, embarking on a perilous voyage across land and sea.