The horizon is far away

25 min documentary film (2015)

A short documentary about a group of asylum seekers living in the remains of an officially closed refugee camp on the Tunisia/Libyan border.

Choucha camp was established by the UNHCR to temporarily house those that were fleeing from Libya during 2011. In 2013 the camp was officially closed. Those who had been refused asylum, mostly men from sub-Saharan African countries who had previously sought shelter and work in Libya, were advised to return to their countries of origin. Many attempted to cross the Mediterranean sea reach Europe via Lampedusa, and the rest stayed living in the desert waiting for a solution. This is a film about being stateless and in-between, about how fantasy and dreams keep you alive.

The film was produced during an artist in residence project at Twiza Cultural Centre, Tunis