This is Exile
Produced in 2015
Film Information
Festival Edition 2016 - Edition 16
Section Middle Eastern Competition
Director Mani Y Benchelah
Country Lebanon, Switzerland
Duration 56 min
Language Arabic (English Subtitles)
Category ME Documentary Film Competition 2016
Producer Charly W Feldman
Screenplay Charly W Feldman
Genre Documentary
Synopsis
"This is Exile" is an extraordinary, intimate portrait of child refugees forced to flee from the violence of Syria's civil war to neighboring Lebanon. The documentary tells the stories of the children's lives in their own words and captures the moving truth of how they deal with loss, hardship, and the poignancy of dashed hopes.
Full Description
‘This is Exile’ is an extraordinary, intimate portrait of child refugees forced to flee from the violence of Syria’s civil war to neighboring Lebanon. Filmed over a year by the Emmy-award winning director Mani, the documentary tells the stories of the children’s lives in their own words and captures the moving truth of how they deal with loss, hardship and the poignancy of dashed hopes.
This is Exile
2015