Watani My Homeland (2016)

The story of one familys 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 familys journey from the frontline 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