The “Landmark” company for artistic production and distribution revealed that its work (a second year of marriage) and (365 days and a quarter) was banned from being shown on Syrian channels, claiming that the intellectual content is “a failure and offends the Syrian family.” The company decided to suspend all its activities in Syria in protest against not obtaining an acceptance certificate for the presentation of its two series on television stations, so the company would only present them on social networking sites.
The company stated in a statement that “the two works were rejected by the television, according to its viewpoint, because the intellectual content is unsuccessful and offends the Syrian family, does not address society’s issues and does not rise to the required level.”
The company demanded “the right of the public is to see the work, because they have the judgment on the beauty of the work,” considering that “this issue is relative.”
The director general of the company, director Yaman Ibrahim, said in statements to Al-Watan newspaper,
“The company presented 30 episodes of (The Second Year Marriage series), was rejected completely, after which the company presented 10 episodes that were also rejected, “indicating that” there are incomprehensible complications against him and against dozens of similar companies.”
Regarding the series (365 Days and a Quarter), Ibrahim explained that “a part of it was approved and based on the approval of the textual censorship, a second part was produced that was not approved until we took an exception from the Minister of Information, Imad Sarah, so that a second part would be worked on.”
He added, “My talk here about the part that was approved and then rejected, although I have the textual approval from the intellectual censorship at the Public Authority for Radio and Television, meaning that the work was rejected after its production.” It is noteworthy that the series (The Second Year Marriage), the first part of which was shown in 2017, is a representation of Yazan Al-Sayed and Dana Jaber, while the series (365 Days and a Quarter), a social comedy, includes a set of separate episodes that shed light on the details of people’s daily lives, and it is represented by Muhammad Haddaki. Safaa Raqmani, Tulai Haroun and others.