Watani: My Homeland (2016)
- Directed by
- Marcel Mettelsiefen
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Syria, Germany, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 40 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Syrian family flees civil war and tries to build a new home in Germany. The film shows their escape and adjustment through everyday moments.
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What happens
Watani: My Homeland is a 2016 documentary short film directed, produced and written by Marcel Mettelsiefen. The film follows the story of a family's escape from Syrian Civil War, and their attempt to start a new life in Germany. It was shortlisted with ten other short-film from 61 entries submitted to the 89th Academy Awards in Best Documentary Short Subject category. It eventually received a nomination. The same family is profiled in two Frontline documentaries, "Children of Aleppo" from 2014 that covers their time in Aleppo prior to Watani, and "Children of Syria" from 2015 that covers much of the same time period as Watani covers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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