Experiencing Interruptions?

The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp

Three men seeking sanctuary in Ireland find themselves caught on the streets between a hostile asylum policy and an increasingly militant far-right.

  • Dennis Harvey
    Director
    I Must Away (2023)
  • Dennis Harvey
    Writer
    I Must Away (2023)
  • Elisabeth Marjanović Cronwall
    Producer
    Second Class (2013), Crisis Document: A Survival Guide (2015), Lizard Brain (2022)
  • Marta Dauliute
    Producer
    Second Class (2013), Crisis Document: A Survival Guide (2015), Good Life (2022)
  • Elin Eriksson
    Producer
    Wild Dogs (2018)
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English, Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Gothenburg Film Festival
    Gothenburg
    Sweden
    January 26, 2024
    World Premiere
    Short Film Competition
  • Dublin International Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    February 27, 2024
    Irish Premiere
    Winner: Best Irish Documentary
  • Tempo Documentary Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    March 6, 2024
    Honourable Mention - Tempo Short Award Competition
  • Irish Film Institute
    Dublin
    Ireland
    March 20, 2024
    Irish Theatrical Release
    Irish Focus
  • Docs Ireland
    Belfast
    Ireland
    June 22, 2024
    Winner: LUMI Award; Honourable Mention - Short Irish Documentary Competition
  • DIA
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    June 28, 2024
  • Galway Film Fleadh
    Galway
    Ireland
    July 14, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Féile Festival
    Derry
    Ireland
    August 13, 2024
    Official Selection
  • The Circular
    Dublin
    Ireland
    August 17, 2024
  • Nordic Panorama
    Malmö
    Sweden
    September 20, 2024
    Nominated: Best Nordic Short Film
  • Docs MX
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    October 10, 2024
    International Premiere
    Short Film Competition
  • Irish Film Festival Australia
    Sydney
    Australia
    November 1, 2024
    Oceania Premiere
    Official Selection
  • IDFA
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    November 14, 2024
    European Premiere
    Frontlight
Distribution Information
  • Folkets Bio
    Distributor
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: Video on Demand, Theatrical
Director Biography - Dennis Harvey

Based between Stockholm and Dublin, Dennis makes non-fiction cinema about migration, identity and bureaucracy. With a cinema vérité approach and a particular sensitivity to the human, his work interrogates the political through the personal. He is a member of Noncitizen, a film collective which works to hand over the means of making films to migrants. His films have received multiple awards, screened at festivals around the world, and received theatrical distribution in Sweden and Ireland.

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Director Statement

I see my duty as a filmmaker as follows:

Make films that visualise, explain and contextualise both the inequalities and the pockets of resistance in our world.

Be an accomplice, rather than an ally, to those subject to injustice. Stand together in a shared struggle, never stand back.

Push the possibilities of cinematic and narrative language. Stay curious, and unafraid.