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One In A Million (2026)

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Original title
One in a Million
Directed by
Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes
Genre
documentary
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows a girl over ten years as she moves from Syria to Germany and deals with war, being displaced, and personal loss.

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What happens

One in a Million is a 2026 British-American documentary film directed by Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes. It follows a girl over the course of ten years as she travels from Syria and Germany navigating war, exile, and heartbreak. It had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2026, in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, where it won the Audience Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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