Private Project

Refugee

In 2015, at height of the Syrian war, Raf’aa a Syrian mother was forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. With her husband Nazem in hospital, and the bombs getting closer to Qamilshi, she fled Syria to find asylum for her family. Leaving Nazem, and their two children Ahmed and Hamoudi behind.

They had hoped to reunite in Europe within a few weeks, at least that was the plan. But by the time Nazem and the children left…it was too late. The political climate had changed and the borders to Europe were closed.

Now safe in Germany, Raf’aa is traumatized by what she witnessed on her journey, and prays her children have not endured the same. Whilst two thousand miles away, Nazem and her children live through their own nightmare in one of the worst refugee camps in Europe.

Over the next eighteen months, we witness the testament of the human spirit as the family fights to be reunited. And a father shields his children from what it means to be a Refugee.

  • Alexander J. Farrell
    Director
  • Francesco Loschiavo
    Producer
  • San Fu Maltha
    Executive Producers
    Black Book, Winter In Wartime
  • Kurt Engfehr
    Executive Producers
    Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11
  • Lauren Selig
    Executive Producers
    Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 27 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 23, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    350,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Serbia, Slovenia
  • Language:
    Arabic, Kurdish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • DOC NYC
    New York
    United States
    November 11, 2018
    World Premiere
  • DOC NYC
    New York
    United States
    November 12, 2018
Director Biography - Alexander J. Farrell

Award winning photographer and filmmaker. Alex is a New York Film Graduate, who began his career in acting and photography in LA. Alex’s photography has been converted into art installations and featured in exhibitions at the Horele-Geggenheim in New York, and has won the coveted the David Attenborough ‘Back Climate Change Action’ award. Alex now works as an accomplished writer, and director Alex is best known for his work on: Star, The Last Boat to Alcatraz, and Lighthouse Lesvos.

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