Independent film house · London
Films that carry their own light.
Fanous is an independent film house telling stories of memory, exile and identity — documentaries that look beneath the headlines.
Est. London
every film is a lantern
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The film house
Every film is a lantern — lit so a story is not lost to the dark.
We make documentaries about the people and places the headlines leave behind — memory, exile, and the long art of return.
AWAITING PREMIERE
The next lantern
Lantern lit — awaiting premiere
Death is Hard Work, Khaled
As war empties Damascus, novelist Khaled Khalifa refuses to leave — and his oldest friend films the final years of the city they both love.