“THOSE LEFT WAITING”
an interactive film

the first-ever global live documentary
filmed by refugee filmmakers

THOSE LEFT WAITING is a collaborative documentary that collaborated with refugees in camps spread throughout distant corners of the world- from Africa and the Middle East to Asia and Europe - to take control of how their stories are told.

Featuring footage of both the hardships and happiness in their daily lives, shot and streamed in real-time, this one-of-a-kind project is as insightfully exploratory as it is expansive.

created through the collaboration of refugees from all over the world (Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Jordan and Uganda), the film is a live experience that was different each time it was presented at the festival, and allowed for something that the aforementioned research encouraged:

having refugees “gain control on how their stories are told, shining a light on the harsh realities they face on a daily basis”.

Using an approach film Director Michael Beets, has already pioneered with his previous film "In the shadows it waits”, several co-directors in refugee camps around the world film what is happening around them at that precise moment and the different scenes are put together and shown to the audience as they are happening.

watch the TRAILER