DAYS OF HOPE

Documentary, 75 min., 2013

Looking beyond statistics, the intimate stories of African migrants trying to make it to Europe. A film about longing for a better life across the Mediterranean Sea.

In the coastal town Nouadhibou, Mauritania in Westafrica we follow the people, dreaming and longing for a better life far away from Africa, hoping for a new beginning in Europe. Daily we are confronted with the pictures of desperate boat-refugees, risking their life to escape a miserable life. With this film we get a different perspective. It's about dignity, longing and seeking, with real people who are on their way. In three different places we meet them; the young artist from Mali, who has left his family, trying to supply them from far away, the group of young men sitting and waiting at a sad asylum center in Italy, trying to imagine a life outside the walls in an inhospitable Europe. At last in Copenhagen, where two women almost did it, another kind of emptiness and detained desperation arises. The crucial money hunt is eternal, they need to make a living here and still take care of the ones who stayed behind.

Director Ditte Haarløv Johnsen

Producer Vibeke Vogel

Photographer  Minka Jakerson, Niels Buchholzer

Editor Jeppe Bødskov

With the support of New Danish Screen, DANIDA, Danish Ministry of Education , MEDIA, Danish Film Directors

International Sales Journeyman Films, films@journeyman.tv, Lucy Matthias

Awards

Best Documentary, Raindance Film Festival 2016

Best documentary by Politiken, Danish national newspaper, 2013

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