Project Detail

The Return: Life after ISIS

Synopsis

An intimate yet candid portrait of a group of Western women who devoted their young lives to ISIS, but who now want to be given the chance to start over, back home in the West. Among them, probably the most famous British recruit, Shamima Begum, who fled the country when she was 15, and Hoda Muthana from USA who incited her followers on Twitter to go on drivebys and kill Americans. Universally reviled by the media, these women now tell their stories for the very first time.

Official Selection Hot Docs Festival 2021 - Special Presentations - Canadian premiere

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
85 min
Format
Digital
Director
Alba Sotorra Clua
Producer
Alba Sotorra Clua, Vesna Cudic
Executive Producer
Sam Collyns, Poppy Dixon, Jack Oliver
Editor
Michael Nollet, Xavier Carrasco
Director of Photography
Lara Vilanova, Gris Jordana, Nuria Roldós
Composer
Mahmud Berazi

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Production Status

Production Company

Alba Sotorra Cinema Productions

In Associaiton with MetFilm

Alba Sotorra Cinema Productions

Carrer Ciutat de la Granada, 45, Àtic, 08005 Barcelona.

MetFilm

Ealing Studios, Ealing Green,
W5 5EP
London
UK

Sales Company

MetFilm Sales

Ealing Studios, Ealing Green,
London W5 5EP

vesna@metfilm.co.uk

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