Completed - ENGLISH, ARABIC, PASHTU - Social issues, Documentary - 63 minutes
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Laurent VAN LANCKER Producer(s) : Ellen MEIRESONNE (POLYMORFILMS)
An intimate and inside perspective of the ‘jungle’ of Calais, evoked through a polyphony of men, tales and atmospheres.A sensory journey through the social life and survival strategies of migrants.A film of wind and despair, of fire and solidarity, of hope and hell.In the middle of the journey of our life,I came to myself, in a dark wood,where the direct way was lost.Canto Primo, Inferno, DanteSharing the daily life of migrants, on numerous visits during the entire duration of the ‘jungle’, and often using a collaborative methodology (images and narrations partly produced by the migrants), the director Laurent Van Lancker, proposes a film that is both poetical and political, evoking an untold and internal perception on the faculty of adaptation and social life of migrants.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM
IDFA 2017 (Mid-length Film Competition)Crossing Europe 2017FATP 2017FAITO 2017