Documentary, 85 min., Quebec, Canada, 2015

Amina Arraf, a pretty Syrian-American revolutionary who’s having an online affair with Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, launches the provocatively named blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following. But it’s Amina’s subsequent abduction that sparks an international outcry to free her.Telling a detective story that involves various intelligence agencies and global media empires, the film travels from San Francisco and Washington to Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Beirut to meet the key players in this quest to reveal the real Amina. This thoroughly modern tale of technology, love and news-as-spectacle questions the ways in which people connect in today’s virtual world. The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax.

Screenplay and direction : Sophie Deraspe
Image : Sophie Deraspe
Sound conception: Frédéric Cloutier
Sound mixing: Luc Boudrias
Editing : Geoffrey Boulangé et Sophie Deraspe
Music : Sam Shalabi
Production : Isabelle Couture (Esperamos)