Karim (OmeU))
ES 2022, 24 min, Director: Gonzalo Ballester
Karim’s lasts months in Spain have not been the best time of his life. His dream for a better life seems to have vanished, while past memories still fill his mind.
Using archival footage spanning 20 years, Karim’s story embodies the gap between dreams and reality, a fragile boundary which has always existed in humankind.
Multi-awarded film!
Jasmine (OV))
USA 2024, 2 min, Director: Tom Caulfield
Jasmine, a young Syrian artist was preparing for a meal with her mother when a bomb went off destroying their home and all that they had. After a panicked escape they make it safely outside only to find the destruction that remains in their war torn city. An aid worker recovers Jasmine’s sketchbook leading us on a journey of hope and resolve for their future.
A Bear Named Wojtek (OmeU))
UK 2023, 28 min, Director: Iain Gardner
Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek. The film tells the fantastic journey of an orphaned Syrian brown bear who was adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II, becoming a beacon of hope and an emblem of their fate.
Multi-awarded film!
Salir Adelante – Moving Forward (OmeU))
BR 2022, 26 min, Director: Bruna Curcio
Forced migration heightens all forms of gendered injustices. For millions of Venezuelan women and girls who fled hunger, poor health and violence migrating to Brazil is a way of moving forward in search of safety and wellbeing. But what happens when these women and girls reach a supposed place of safety? “Moving Forward” reveals the stories of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, their challenges, hopes and expectations in an evocative and empathetic study of the most important refugee crisis in South America.
Baghdad, California (OmeU))
USA 2024, 36 min, Directors: Diego Lynch, Rahmah Pauzi
In a city divided between rich and poor, hills and the valley – El Cajon’s face has been transformed by tens of thousands of refugees. Post the War On Terror, it is now “Little Baghdad”, the largest home for refugees of the Iraq War in California. But, the face of power – the rich and the lawmakers – remains unchanged.
Every ten years, the U.S. counts its citizens in the Census, tabulating the tapestry of identities which comprise the country. But most significantly, it’s data determines the distribution of resources, power, and representation. Two women – a Latina from California’s farm-labor organizing tradition, and a Kurdish running a women’s shelter – are organizing to get their communities finally counted to tally the changes in this town.
As these activists go door-to-door in this American city, they try to convince their neighbors to face the question: can the democracy promised to Iraq, 7000 miles away and 20 years ago, be found in the home of the free?
