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IDFA 2022

Notes on Displacement

Khaled Jarrar
State of Palestine, Germany, Qatar
2022
74 min
World Premiere
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The news is full of images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Notes on DisplacementĀ takes a deep dive by following a single family on a grueling journey, destination Germany. Their fear, disorientation, and solidarity is palpable.

Nadira, an elderly Palestinian, has been a refugee since the age of 12. And now she has to leave Damascus, too. She and her daughter Mona feared for their lives there, but the idea of a safe existence elsewhere is a distant dream. Filmmaker Khaled Jarrar receives unsettling videos and voice messages as they cross to the Greek island of Lesbos. He joins them there, on the long road to a better life.

Jarrar has his personal reasons for going through this experience in order to eliminate, in his own images, the distance so dominant in Western media coverage. He worms his way through the thronging crowds, gets lost in the night with his group, discovers how dangerous language barriers can be, and wanders around in the dehumanizing camps. And in a sense heā€”along with the viewerā€” becomes a true member of this family.

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Director
Production
    Jenin Films,
    Kaske Film
    Jenin Films,
    Kaske Film
Co-production
    Odeh Films
    Odeh Films
Sound Design
Screening copy
    Kaske Film
    Kaske Film

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