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“There’s an undeniably auteur-esque quality to Meby’s filmmaking—controlled and powerfully directed, with a unique visual sensibility. Via kinetic editing and music, Meby takes what is inherently non-cinematic material (a person talking on the phone) and makes it feel breathless.”

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Walid (17) has fled from Syria to the Arctic Circle. As his family is stuck in the Balkans, on the border of the EU, Walid has to help them cross it, over the phone, from the streets of a northern Norwegian fishing village.

Produced by MER FILM and Ragna Nordhus Midtgard.

Starring Jawad Alkadhmani

Cinematography by Benjamin Loeb

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

VIMEO STAFF PICK PREMIERE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW

DIRECTOR’S NOTES INTERVIEW

CINEGNOSE REVIEW (PORTUGESE)

SHORT OF THE WEEK REVIEW

FILMSHORTAGE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW

ALEKSANDER HUSER (NORWEGIAN)

NOBUDGE REVIEW (+ INTERVIEW FOR MEMBERS)

A HOT SET REVIEW

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

THE CULTURE MINISTRY OF NORWAY’S HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

VIMEO STAFF PICK PREMIERE and BEST OF THE MONTH

OPENING FILM Films from the North - Tromsø International Film Festival 2018

SPECIAL MENTION at InterFilm 2018

BEST SCORE at Sceneitawards 2020

Palm Springs Shortsfest 2018

The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2018

Bergen International Filmfestival 2018

Encounters Festival 2018 - Films from the Arctic

Northern Character 2018

Umeå European Film Festival 2018

BUSTER 2019

Bodø Film Festival 2019

North x North 2019

The Festival of Tolerance 2019

Hamarama 2019

Film Island, HOUSE OF NORWAY at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019

Supported by The Norwegian Film Institute, The Northern Norwegian Film Center, and The Cultural Business Development Foundation of SpareBank1 Nord-Norge.