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Part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax, this feature documentary travels from San Francisco and Washington to Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Beirut in a quest to reveal the true identity of the person behind the popular blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. Who is this Syrian-American revolutionary who goes by the name of Amina Arraf? Not even Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, with whom Amina is carrying an online affair, seems to know for sure. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following. But it’s Amina’s subsequent abduction that sparks an international outcry to free her. Telling a detective story that involves various intelligence agencies and top-tier global media, the film tells a thoroughly modern tale of technology, love and news-as-spectacle questions the ways in which people connect in today’s virtual world.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.

writer

Sophie Deraspe
director

Sophie Deraspe
participation

Sandra Bagaria

Ali Abunimah

Fady Atallah

Andy Carvin

Nathalie Claude

Benjamin J. Doherty

Liz Henry

Irem Köker

Thomas J. MacMaster

Elsa Miquel

Rami Nakhla

Leila Nahas

Daniel Nassar

Danny O'Brien

Elizabeth Tsurkov
actor

Nilay Olçay
editing

Geoffrey Boulangé

Sophie Deraspe
camera

Sophie Deraspe
original music

Sam Shalabi
visual effects

Élise Simard
sound

Frédéric Cloutier
producer

Isabelle Couture

Nathalie Cloutier
executive producer

Hugo Latulippe

Michel St-Cyr

Guy Villeneuve

Colette Loumède
associate producer

Jean-Philippe Massicotte
production manager

Jacinthe Lauzier

Charles Mordret
camera assistant

Soner Emanet

Köksal Mataraci
assistant for extras

Ezgi Güzel

Mehmet Ali Tasar
set design - assistance

Ezgi Güzel

Mehmet Ali Tasar
production assistant

Ilker Evecen
additional voice

Marya Zarif

Selin Murat

Sophie Deraspe
song performer

Ezgi Güzel
accompanist

Mehmet Ali Tasar

Ilker Evecen
research

Sophie Deraspe
post-production manager

Jacinthe Lauzier

Suzanne Chouinard
technical support - editing

Pierre Dupont

Isabelle Painchaud

Patrick Trahan
online editing

Yannick Carrier
assistant editor

Chloé St-Laurent Lapointe

Jean-Simon Asselin
visual effects assistant

Ian Deraspe
voice-over coach

Paul Sarrazin
dialogue editing

Stan Sakell
effects editing

Mathieu Beaudin
re-recording

Luc Boudrias
foley artist

Nicolas Gagnon
foley assistant

Louis Duranleau
foley recordist

Daniel Bisson
re-recording assistant

Léonard Vasco
technical assistant

Christophe Bertrand
technical support

Gabrielle Labelle-Joly

Louis-Antoine Lassonde

Léonard Vasco
original sound co-ordinator

Marcelle Cadieux
head of sound services

Martin Cazes
marketing manager

François Jacques
marketing manager - assistance

Theodora Kolovos
administrator

Sia Koukoulas
production co-ordinator

Hélène Regimbal
administrative assistant

Larissa Christoforo
technical coordinator

Mira Mailhot
line producer

Mélanie Lasnier
administrative director

Marie-Michelle Emond
financial director

Marie-Michelle Emond
administration

Nancy Bélanger

Nathalie Bouchard

Claude Hallé-Morin

Hélène Parent

Suzanne Lapierre
bookkeeping

Nancy Bélanger

Nathalie Bouchard

Claude Hallé-Morin

Suzanne Lapierre

Hélène Parent
production secretary

Luce Skelling-Parent
production intern

Robin Rigault
transcription

Catherine Brunet

Danilo Bulatovic
subtitles

Robert Gray
rights clearances

Karine Perron

Sophie Moreau
legal counsel

Remy Khouzam
international media relations

Marie-Claude Lamoureux

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