Censored images prescribed silence secret thoughts. Diana El Jeiroudi's life in Damascus was
marked by dictatorship wars and fear. In her film the Syrian filmmaker reflects on a
political tragedy of epic proportions and contrasts it with a mosaic of deeply personal moments
- from her memories at the age of seven when her father gave her her first camera to the
present day in which she lives with her partner in Berlin. She finds consolation in the cinema
in music in the certainty of dreams and in a deep love relationship. Republic of Silence was
created over a period of twelve years and is not only a touching cinematic memoir but also a
multi-layered reflection on the political and social developments in Syria in recent decades.
