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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
intimateharrowinghopefulrestrainedobservationalurgentsadresilient
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)
More like this
For Sama (2019)
Haunted (2016)
The White Helmets (2016)
Of Fathers and Sons (2017)
A Syrian Love Story (2015)
Still Recording (2018)
Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (2016)
After Spring (2016)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.