About this Event
Responding to this year’s Refugee Week theme of ‘Compassion’, the film day at Haus der Statistik is a curated programme of features and shorts that engage with the notion of compassion in different ways: as the process of finding one’s voice and place in the world while overcoming trauma and loss, as a collective responsibility and a reminder to change the world around us, and engage in dialogue by showing compassion and care towards each other – not just to ourselves and those in our immediate circle but to all our human neighbours and our one shared home, planet earth.
A selection of films you are unlikely to watch together anywhere else in one session!
All films will be screened in English and/or with English subtitles.
Schedule & Films
16:00-16:25 The Dress that Makes the Invisible Cyclist Visible
A collaboration between Open City, Bike Project and a group of refugee and asylum seeking women in London. While learning how to cycle around London, in a series of workshops the women devise a way how to make themselves more visible.
16:30-16:50 Samos on Fire
Film by Fareid Atta (2022) - In a refugee camp in Samos, Greece, a group of musicians from Africa and the Middle East meet up to make music. There's no stopping their sessions despite having to contend with fires, earthquakes, and worst of all…the bewildering asylum process.
16:55-17:20 Matar
Directed by Bafta-winning director, Hassan Akkad, and starring Ahmed Malek (The Swimmers), MATAR is a WaterBear Original following the story of an asylum seeker in England who, when confronted with the hostile immigration system in the UK, is forced to live on the fringes of society and rely on his bike to survive.
17:25-17:40 Manus
Hundreds of innocent refugees and asylum seekers faced more than six years captivity at the hands of the Australian Federal Government on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea: isolated, separated from their families and losing hope of ever being freed to start their lives over. Hear their stories. Directed by Angus McDonald.
17:50-19:20 On Our Doorstep
When the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp was ignored & condemned by authorities, ordinary people stepped in to support the refugees stranded there. This is the untold story of the volunteers and those they tried to help. Directed by Thomas Laurance.
In collaboration with Mensch Raum Land and Haus der Statistik.
Image above: still from On Our Doorstep
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Haus der Statistik Haus D, Otto-Braun-Straße 70-72, Berlin, Germany
GBP 0.00