"Every film in this year's Movies That Matter selection could be said to be important in its own way. Either in terms of an innovative approach to the notion of human rights, either by bravely documenting their breach, or by portraying people who were in some sense instruments of change, the films in this selection are the current diagnosis of mankind and a filter checking the amount of human qualities still left in us. The jury decided to give this award to Talal Derki's OF FATHERS AND SONS, a shocking tale of a Jihadi family in today's Syria, about the ease of killing end even greater ease of justification, about the radicalisation of boys and first of all about the medium of this radicalisation - a manipulative relationship between a father - a member of Al-Nusra front - and his sons. Despite the fact that the author keeps aside in the film, consciously choosing to be an observer rather than a participant, this film is also trying to document the trauma of a person who moves further and further away from the country of his memories with every scene, and closer and closer to the realisation that this country is now gone forever. Although the scene often emit horror against a gloomy backdrop, this film has a powerful positive effect. The director's courage in documenting an important story in extremely difficult conditions, risking even his own life, instils in the viewers a permission and an obligation to show courage as well."
