Film

Ours is a Country of Words

2017 · 42m · Documentary

"Ours is a Country of Words" takes place in Shatila, a refugee camp built in Lebanon when thousands of Palestinians fled their country in 1948. The story begins at an unknown moment in the future, when the dream of the Palestinian refugees to go back to Palestine becomes reality. The film balances on the thin line between fiction and documentary, between dream and reality. Families are preparing for their fictional return, while it slowly becomes clear that this dream is far removed from their daily life in the camp. Through the words they use as actors to talk about the dream of returning to their homeland, we can understand more deeply what it means to them to live in exile.

• Mathijs PoppeDirector of Photography · Director · Editor
• Elisa HeeneProducer

Release date

October 14, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

42m

Genres

Documentary