The Waiting (2013)
• February 7th, 2013 • 0h 30min
Documentary
Overview
Ekhlas Alhlwani was forced to flee Syria with her three children and now lives in Zaatari, a refugee camp in the Jordanian desert. Rizzi spent seven weeks observing her and other women's daily life, which is devoid of any prospects. He shows how Alhlwani makes every effort to establish some kind of normality for her family despite the difficult camp conditions. The film vividlyconveys the cruelty of war, and especially the state o funcertainty and rootlessness to which refugees are exposed. The film is the first part of a trilogy that focuses on the emergence of a new civil consciousness in Malaysia, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Syria, as well as the social implications of the end of post-colonialism in these countries.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Lost Kids of Calais
Released on: 2017-02-06
Documentary
Rafi, Salman, Said and Ali are all under 18 years old. They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Pakista...
Los burgueses de Calais
Released on:
Documentary
Documentary about the humanitarian crisis of the refugees between 2015 and 2018
Black Box Syria: The Dirty War
Released on: 2020-10-02
Documentary, History
A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due...
Life Ahead of Her
Released on: 2023-03-11
Documentary
La vie devant elle is the diary of the exile of Elaha, a 14 year old Afghan girl, who films herself ...
Privacy of Wounds
Released on: 2018-11-19
Documentary
Set as an experiment in a simulated cell in Oslo, three former political prisoners are locked up for...
Wandering, a Rohingya Story
Released on: 2021-06-04
Documentary
Within a few months, the Kutupalong refugee camp has become the biggest in the world. Out of sight, ...
Men Who Have Lost Their Roots
Released on: 1956-01-01
Documentary
Hungarian refugees in Austrian camps after the failed revolution in Budapest.
Between Borders
Released on: 2017-05-12
Documentary
The film follows the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016 from the perspective of a young Lebanese woman,...
Sea Sorrow
Released on: 2017-11-08
Documentary
A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voi...
Born in Syria
Released on: 2016-11-06
Documentary
This intimate documentary follows a group of Syrian children refugees who narrowly escape a life of ...
Dance or Die
Released on: 2021-01-02
Documentary, Drama
"Dance or Die" is a moving documentary about a young Syrian dancer who escapes the war and finds a n...
The Catastrophe Garden
Released on: 2022-04-01
Documentary
It is a daring idea: to grow food from old mattresses in a desolate camp at the edge of a war zone. ...
Five Days on Lesvos
Released on: 2016-09-28
Documentary
As politicians debate and argue, the men, women and children at the heart of the European immigratio...
69 Minutes of 86 Days
Released on: 2017-03-22
Documentary
A 3-year-old girl and her family's long journey from a Greek refugee centre to Uppsala.
Refugee
Released on: 2018-11-11
Documentary
A harrowing account of Europe's migrant crisis. A family of Syrian refugees separated by the borders...
Mr. Gay Syria
Released on: 2018-09-06
Documentary
In focusing his attention on the competitors of Mr Gay Syria, director Ayse Toprak shatters the one-...
Dalya's Other Country
Released on: 2017-06-17
Documentary
In 2012 Dalya and her mother Rudayna fled Aleppo for Los Angeles as war took over. Months before, Ru...
Warehoused
Released on: 2017-09-22
Documentary
An estimated 12 million people live in refugee camps worldwide and only 0.1% are resettled, repatria...
Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis
Released on: 1993-01-01
Documentary
The film takes place in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria against the historical backdrop of Spa...