| Far from Bashar | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Pascal Sanchez |
| Producer: | Nathalie Cloutier |
| Starring: | Adnan al-Mahamied Basmah Issa |
| Music: | Serge Nakauchi Pelletier |
| Cinematography: | Pascal Sanchez |
| Editing: | Natalie Lamoureux |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 73 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | Arabic French English |
Far from Bashar (French: Loin de Bachar) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pascal Sanchez and released in 2020. The film profiles Adnan al-Mahamied and Basmah Issa, a married couple from Syria who have been living in Montreal since moving to Canada as refugees after participating in the uprisings against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.[1]
The film premiered on September 25, 2020, at the Cinémathèque québécoise.[2]