The Way Back

Maxime Jennes et Dimitri Petrovic | 2019 | Belgium | 67′
Production: Les Meutes asbl  thewayback

/ FR
En août 2015, Hussein Rassim arrive à Bruxelles. Il vient de parcourir des milliers de kilomètres depuis l’Irak. Un an après son arrivée, Hussein a obtenu sa carte de séjour et décidé de refaire son voyage à rebours, jusqu’en Grèce. De Bruxelles à Athènes ce road-movie nous emmène dans le sillon du chemin migratoire d’Hussein et de milliers d’autres migrants. Au fil des rencontres et des pays parcourus, l’histoire d’Hussein se dessine, les oubliés prennent la parole et l’Europe forteresse se dresse.

/ ENG
Hussein Rassim arrives in Brussels in august 2015. He traveled from Iraq for thousands of kilometers. One year later, Hussein obteins his visa and then he decides to travel back until Greece. From Brussels to Athens this road-movie brings us into Hussein’s, and other thousands migrants, migratory path. Through the encounters made during the trip, Hussein’s history takes shape, the forgottens take their place and Fortresse Europe rises.

/ IT
Nell’agosto del 2015 Hussein Rassim arriva a Bruxelles. Ha appena percorso migliaia di chilometri dall’Iraq. Un anno dopo il suo arrivo, Hussein ottiene il permesso di soggiorno e decide di rifare il suo viaggio all’indietro, fino in Grecia. Da Bruxelles ad Atene questo road-movie ci conduce nel solco del cammino migratorio di Hussein e di altre migliaia di migranti. Attraverso gli incontri fatti durante il viaggio, la storia di Hussein prende forma, i dimenticati prendono la parola e Fortezza Europa sorge.



Festivals

– Festival du film documentaire Millenium – Bruxelles | 2019 | Belgium
– DOC-Cévennes – Lassalle | 2019 | France
– Les Rencontres du film documentaire de Mellionnec | 2019 | France
– BAFF – Brussels Art Film Festival | 2019 | Belgium
– Lucania Film Festival – Pisticci | 2019 | Italy
– Festival International de Téhéran – CinéVérité | 2019 | Iran
– Nancy International Film Festival | 2019 | France
– International Festival Anti Racist of Athens | 2019 | Greece
– Mediterraneo Video Festival – Ascea | 2019 | Italy
– Escales documentaires – La Rochelle | 2019 | France
– Festival Aux Écrans du Réel – Le Mans | 2019 | France
– 14th International Exile Film Festival – Gothenburg | 2019 | Sweden
– Migrer – Festival Cinéma Documentaire – Bruxelles | 2019 | Belgium
– 38e Festival Cinéma d’Alès – Itinérances | 2020 | France
– International Migration Film Festival – Gaziantep | 2020 | Turkey
– Tripoli Film Festival | 2021 | Libanon

Distinctions

– Best script Scam price – Festival Millenium – Bruxelles | 2019 | Belgium
– Best documentary – Mediterraneo Video Festival – Ascea | 2019 | Italy
– Youth price, Les Escales Documentaires – La Rochelle | 2019 | France
– Prix Young Jury, BAFF – Brussels Art Film Festival | 2019 | Belgium
– High school jury price, Festival Aux Écrans du Réel – Le Mans | 2019 | France