The fate of the Aleppo children
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The fate of the Aleppo children |
| Original title | Watani: My Homeland |
| Country of production | Great Britain , Syria , Germany |
| original language | English , Arabic |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 40 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marcel Mettelsiefen |
| script | Marcel Mettelsiefen |
| production | Marcel Mettelsiefen, Stephen Ellis |
| cut | Stephen Ellis |
The fate of the children of Aleppo (Original title: Watani: My Homeland ) is a documentary - short film by Marcel Mettelsiefen from the year 2016. The film shows the story of a family fleeing the backdrop of civil war in Syria , and trying to get into Germany to build new life.
Marcel Mettelsiefen, who had already visited the family for his Emmy, Grimme and TV award-winning documentary The Children of Aleppo (2014) and for the film Children of Syria (2015), accompanied the family for a total of three years and visited them for four Time in Aleppo.
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The life of Mohammed, Helen, Farah and Sarah, the children of Ahmed Kassmu (known as 'Abu Ali'), the commander of the Free Syrian Army , takes place on the front lines of the civil war in Aleppo . You are the last remaining family in an abandoned war zone that was once a busy residential area.
After Abu Ali is kidnapped by the allegedly Islamic army, Hala, the now single mother, Hala Kamil, decides to flee to Europe with her children. After traveling 3,470 kilometers over Kilis, a refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border, Istanbul and Hanover, the family finally tries to start a new life in Goslar .
Honors
The film, along with ten other short films from 61 countries, was shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Short Film category and ultimately received a nomination.
At the German Television Award 2017 , the film also received the award for “Best Documentation / Reportage”.
In 2018 the film opened the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin .
Web links
- Official website
- The fate of the children of Aleppo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Marcel Mettelsiefen. Spiegel Online, May 5, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'We cannot and will not leave anyone behind,' says UN chief on World Humanitarian Day , UN News. October 26, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ Children of Aleppo. In: pbs.org. Retrieved January 13, 2018 .
- ↑ On April 19, FRONTLINE Presents “Children of Syria”. In: pbs.org. April 11, 2016, accessed January 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Oscar nomination: “The Fate of the Children of Aleppo” still in the running - HISTORY will show the documentary on March 4th. In: presseportal.de. January 24, 2017, accessed January 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Angela Schader: You won't see your father again. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 3, 2017, accessed January 13, 2018 .
- ↑ 10 DOC Shorts on Oscars's 2016 Short list , Oscars.org. October 26, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ Sana Gilani: Documentary about war on Aleppo makes it to the Oscars , Daily Pakistan. October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ↑ Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List . In: Vanity Fair . January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ^ Watani: My Homeland. In: filmportal.de. German Film Institute , accessed on January 13, 2018 .