In eleven chapters, we follow two Yazidi girls from Iraq who hope to find safety and a new life in Germany. We meet them the first time at Idomeni, a temporary camp in Greece on the border to North Macedonia. There they live close together. The mobile phones are always nearby, as the only link to the family and friends in Iraq. Yasir’s wife has been a prisoner of ISIS for a year and a half, but hope of reuniting is rekindled when he receives a message about a prisoner exchange between ISIS and YPG forces. David Aronowitsch’s masterfully portrayed Idomeni is a touching portrait of children and adults during a period of waiting, hope and the deep wounds that will never disappear.
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David Aronowitsch Director · Pia Lehto Cinematographer Andreas Jonsson Hay Editor
First release January 25, 2020 · Produced in Sweden
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Sweden
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Original language
Kurdish
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Kurdish
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Sweden · January 25, 2020
Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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