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In Your Eyes

“In your eyes” documentary explores themes of identity, migration, asylum and racism and examines the complexities of the migrant and refugee experience.
"In your Eyes" follows Sandra’s journey through some of the major cities of Europe, sharing the fascinating stories of the survival of migrants and refugees. Sandra pieces together the puzzle of racism so prevalent in today’s Europe, uncovering how some groups are excluded from society and what solutions they have to offer to solving their problems.
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The audience will step into the lives of migrants to see what they see, feel what they feel, and think what they think.
"In your eyes" is a low budget film, produced with less than 5000 Euros via a small funding from the European Network Against Racism in collaboration with New Women Connectors and Migrant Tales organisations.
It was filmed by the end of summer 2023 in Geneva, Brussels, Paris and Amsterdam.

  • Sandra Alloush
    Director
  • Sandra Alloush
    Writer
  • Tarek Haddad
    Postproduction
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    38 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium, France, Netherlands, Switzerland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Our Diaries
    Utecht
    Netherlands
    October 15, 2023
    Europe Premiere
  • Make Racism History Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    October 17, 2023
    Stakeholders Premier
Distribution Information
  • We Press
    Sales Agent
    Country: France
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Sandra Alloush

Sandra is an award winning journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry for over 16 years, working with several European channels, her work is focused on asylum and migration issues specifically. She travels around Europe researching, documenting and reporting on the problems that face migrants and refugees and the social, legal and psychological problems accompanied with these experiences.
Sandra also is a political refugee and human rights defender from Syria living in France, working with refugee led organizations in Europe to advocate for social justice, meaningful representation and participation, inclusion and diversity and breaking out populist narratives and providing new narratives about migration and asylum.

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Director Statement

In an increasingly polarized world... And in the face of populist narratives and misinformation, we have to provide an alternative narrative, an honest and real one that shifts the negative discourse towards a better society where equity and inclusion are its main pillars.