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  • 2014
  • Torch Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2014
  • Torch Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary A World Not Ours is an intimate, humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family. Filmed over more than 20 years...

Directed By: Mahdi Fleifel

Written By: Mahdi Fleifel

  • 2014
  • Torch Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2014
  • Torch Films
  • 1 h 33 m

A World Not Ours

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Summary A World Not Ours is an intimate, humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family. Filmed over more than 20 years...

Directed By: Mahdi Fleifel

Written By: Mahdi Fleifel

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Feb 18, 2014
Offering a fascinating window into a world often distorted and oversimplified, this is informative, stimulating and moving stuff.
By Andrew Lowry FULL REVIEW
70
May 22, 2014
Mr. Fleifel helps walk us through the history with an ingratiating voice-over that lightens the seemingly permanent clouds of a dire history.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
May 20, 2014
Fleifel gathers the messy detritus of everyday living, laughs at it, then shows the viewer what it means.
By Diana Clarke FULL REVIEW
63
May 21, 2014
Mahdi Fleifel's usage of a domestic archive of home-video images inherited from his father lends the doc a simultaneous sense of historical gravitas and intimacy.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 18, 2014
In this heartfelt film, Fleifel shows us the human cost of the conflict.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nakba Filmworks, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Screen Institute Beirut, Filmpro
Release Date May 23, 2014
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/aworldnotoursmovie
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Awards

Abu Dhabi Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
CPH:DOX
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Festival International de Documentaire D'Agadir (FIDADOC)
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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