A World Not Ours
7.9
An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm, and yearning their daily lives.
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Mahdi Fleifel Director · Jon Opstad Composer Michael Aaglund Editor
United States release August 18, 2014 · Produced in Denmark, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom · Languages Arabic, English
Production
Nakba FilmWorks
Production
Screen Institute Beirut
Production
SANAD
Production
Denmark · Lebanon · Palestinian Territories · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
عالم ليس لنا
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 2012
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Toronto International Film Festival)
United Kingdom · February 21, 2014
Theatrical
United States · August 18, 2014
TV
Argentina
April 14, 2013 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Australia
October 11, 2013 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
Czechia
March 6, 2013 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Denmark
November 2, 2012 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
France
November 4, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
February 7, 2013 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Japan
January 25, 2015 · Digital
Norway
November 12, 2013 · Oslo Films from the South Festival
Poland
July 31, 2013 · Digital
Serbia
January 31, 2014 · European Feature Documentary Film Festival - Belgrade
Singapore
October 20, 2016 · Premiere · Middle East Film Festival
October 14, 2021 · Digital
Switzerland
July 21, 2021 · Digital
United Arab Emirates
October 15, 2012 · Premiere · Abu Dhabi Film Festival
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