Online panel discussion
Wednesday, 28th April 2021 / 17 h CET

Host: Katja Herrmann, Head of the West Asia Departement of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Panelists: Amel Alzakout, director and Khaled Abdulwahed, co-director PURPLE SEA; Wissam Tanios, director, and Milad Khawam, protagonist in WE ARE FROM THERE

This panel discussion will highlight the position of a filmmaker on the questions of flight and migration and the influence that these topics have on the filmmaking process. Taking two documentary films as a starting point (PURPLE SEA and WE ARE FROM THERE), these five issues  will be tackled:

·     The decision to flee
·     The flight journey
·     Arriving in a new country
·     Acceptance in a foreign country
·     Integration in the new found home

The discussion was broadcasted live on facebook on the 28th of April 2021 at 5 pm CET.