Abd al-Kader Habak

Abd Al-Kader is a Syrian cinematographer who worked in Syria during the most difficult times and filmed six years of the conflict. He was described as the 'symbol of the revolution’ when a photo of him rescuing a child became viral. He has worked with several international channels such as the BBC and CNN as a cameraman and field producer. After living and documenting the siege of Aleppo, he fled to the UK in 2017. Habak lives in London where he is building a career as a documentary filmmaker. His first short documentary, Her Stories, premiered in festivals in 2021.