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The Student Film category features short dramas and documentaries produced by students in FilmAid's year-long, Media Entrepreneurship Training courses in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps. The short films were produced by diverse teams of young refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Sudan, Uganda and northwest Kenya. Many of the young filmmakers have spent most of their lives in the refugee camps. The Festival is thrilled to be able to provide these talented youth with a platform to have their voices heard.
Trauma Warning: this film contains depictions of sexual violence that audience members may find distrubing.
When COVID-19 school closures force Maria to return from boarding school to the refugee camp where she lives, she is shocked to learn that her widowed mother has remarried. Before Maria can process her feelings of emotional betrayal, her mother falls ill with COVID-19 and is taken to the hospital. Unable to visit or even speak to her, Maria is stuck at home with a man she barely knows. The series of betrayals that follow force Maria to seek refuge once again, this time from her own family.
- Year2020
- Runtime11:47
- CountryKenya
- DirectorAdau James Wuor
- ScreenwriterAdau James Wuor
Support emerging filmmakers and FilmAid by making a donation to FAFF 2020.
The Student Film category features short dramas and documentaries produced by students in FilmAid's year-long, Media Entrepreneurship Training courses in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps. The short films were produced by diverse teams of young refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Sudan, Uganda and northwest Kenya. Many of the young filmmakers have spent most of their lives in the refugee camps. The Festival is thrilled to be able to provide these talented youth with a platform to have their voices heard.
Trauma Warning: this film contains depictions of sexual violence that audience members may find distrubing.
When COVID-19 school closures force Maria to return from boarding school to the refugee camp where she lives, she is shocked to learn that her widowed mother has remarried. Before Maria can process her feelings of emotional betrayal, her mother falls ill with COVID-19 and is taken to the hospital. Unable to visit or even speak to her, Maria is stuck at home with a man she barely knows. The series of betrayals that follow force Maria to seek refuge once again, this time from her own family.
- Year2020
- Runtime11:47
- CountryKenya
- DirectorAdau James Wuor
- ScreenwriterAdau James Wuor