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Synopsis

In 2010, Abu Eyad and other young Palestinian men from the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon travelled through Syria and Turkey into Greece. Like so many other migrants, they came looking for a way into Europe but found themselves trapped in a country undergoing economic, political and social collapse.
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Details

Year
2013
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
12 mins
Format
Digital HD
Director
Mahdi Fleifel
Producer
Patrick Campbell
Editor
Michael Aaglund
Screenwriter
Mahdi Fleifel
Director of Photography
Mahdi Fleifel
Sound
Gunnar Osskarson
Principal cast
Abu Eyad, Nizar, El-Yes, Mukhtar, Abu El-Hob, El-Khal, Abed M
Digital Colourist
Aurora Shannon Motion Graphics Designer: Damien Bent

Genre

Human Rights

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Nakba FilmWorks

#4, 450, Kingsland Road
Hackney,
London
E8 4AE
UK
Tel: +44 (0)78852 840462

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