“ALONG THE WAY”
FEATURE FILM
by MIJKE DE JONG

2021 GOUDEN KALF WINNING FILMMAKER- MIJKE DE JONG, AND her award-winning screenwriting HUSBAND- jan eilander, DIRECT a SEARING STORY STARRING REFOCUS ALUMNI NAHID AND MALIHEH REZAEE. ALONG WITH THE TWINS, A HUGE CAST AND CREW OF OUR ALUMNI WORKED ON THE FEATURE, WHICH WAS SLATED TO OPEN #IFFR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, 2022. WHILE COVID FORCED TH ENTIRE FESTIVAL ONLINE, “ALONG THE WAY” WAS ABLE TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON world premiere to close the festival on february 5, 2022, and SCREENINGS in AMSTERDAM AND SCORES OF THEATERS ACROSS THE NETHERLANDS.

THE FILM COMBINES THE TRUE TO LIFE JOURNEY AND EXPERIENCE OF THE TWINS BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS AND YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHILE CROSSING FROM IRAN TO TURKEY EN ROUTE TO SEEKING ASYLUM IN GREECE. THE FILM ALSO FICTIONALIZEd EXPERIENCES TO CREATE A COMPOSITE OF WHAT MANY REFUGEES REPORT ENDURING “along the way.”the film also CHRONICLES THE TWIN’S PURSUIT OF FILM CAREERS, WHICH STARTED WITH THEIR TRAINING IN REFOCUS MEDIA LABS PROGRAM.

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“ALONG THE WAY”
WORLD PREMIERE #IFFR- ROTTERDAM, NL