SMHAFF #MyEscape
Wed 12 October 2016
#MyEscape
Scottish Premiere
Dir. Elke Sasse | Germany | 2016 | 90m
Arab, English, German, Syrian, Somali, Tigrinja with English subtitles
Screening with crISIS
Ali Kareem Obaid | Iraq/Italy | 2015 | 10m
In recent years, thousands of refugees have left their countries, families and old lives behind in search of safety, human rights and freedom. This heart-rending documentary uses footage shot by refugees from Afghanistan, Eritrea and Syria, intercut with unflinching interviews that connect the outer journeys they went on with the ones that took place within. Presented with Take One Action.
Preceded by crISIS, a searing drama about a man who is burdened by grief and post-traumatic stress after losing his wife to a suicide bomb in Baghdad.
