Release Date

12 Apr, 2016

Runtime

00:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The story of one family's fight and struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, the film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to a little town in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.

Original Title

Watani: My Homeland

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Actors

Crew

Marcel Mettelsiefen

Stephen Ellis

Stephen Ellis

Raney Aronson-Rath

Hubertus Hoffmann

Marcel Mettelsiefen

Bryn Mooser

Hayley Pappas

Siobhan Sinnerton

Frederic Ulferts

Anthony Wonke

Diana Zimmerman

Chris Shaw

Andrew Phillips