Ayham Ahmad: The Pianist of Yarmouk (2016)

Surrounded by ruins in Syria's capital Damascus, Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death. Threatened by Assad's regime and jihadists of the Islamic State, the Piano Man is silenced and must flee - to Germany. The documentary film "The Pianist of Yarmouk" tells the story of this Syrian refugee musician. After his arrival in Munich, we follow the life of a man who sang out against the suffering in his country until his instrument was destroyed. His fate stands for that of thousands - robbed of their hopes and dreams and forced to build a new existence.