Completed - ARABIC, TURKISH - Documentary - 78 minutes
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Ai WEIWEI Producer(s) : Ai WEIWEI (Fart Foundation)
“The Rest” is a documentary by Ai Weiwei about refugees who have arrived in Europe, the world’s bastion of human rights, but now live in limbo within a disintegrating humanitarian aid system. In recent years, these refugees fled war and persecution in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and other conflict-ridden countries in Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East. They sought refuge in France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Sweden, and Turkey, but most have not found the safe havens of their dreams. Now they are “The Rest,” no longer the center of media attention, yet unable to move forward with their lives.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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