Watani: My Homeland (2016)

Name: Watani: My Homeland
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-04-12

40m

Running Time

April 12, 2016
Release Date

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Plot.

The story of one family's fight and struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, the film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to a little town in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.

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Cast & Crew.

Marcel Mettelsiefen

Director

Stephen Ellis

Producer

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Details.

Release Date
April 12, 2016

Status
Released

Running Time
40m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Watani: My Homeland is a 2016 documentary short film directed, produced and written by Marcel Mettelsiefen. The film follows the story of a family's escape from Syrian Civil War, and their attempt to start a new life in Germany.

It was shortlisted with ten other short-film from 61 entries submitted to the 89th Academy Awards in Best Documentary Short Subject category. It eventually received a nomination.

The same family is profiled in two Frontline documentaries, "Children of Aleppo" from 2014 that covers their time in Aleppo prior to Watani, and "Children of Syria" from 2015 that covers much of the same time period as Watani covers.