June 20th is the World Refugee Day that is celebrated all over the world.
This year, based the UNHCR announcement, the Afghans still have the
highest number of refugees and asylum seekers in the world.
World Refugee Day was celebrated in a public library in Milan Italy
with many refugees from Afghanistan
and African countries.
“Within The Mists” a short film by M. Amin Wahidi was projected and the
director talked about his experiences as a refugee and how his film was
inspired and then made.
Film Title: “Within the mists”
Written and Directed by: Mohammad Amin Wahidi
Location: Milan-Italy
Duration: 31 Minutes
Production: Deedenow Cinema Afghanistan- Remspot Italy
Year: 2011
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Plot
A refugee writer/poet is trying to make relation with the city he has moved into but he fails. A man alone, the citizen of nowhere tries to find a link between his present and past. Suffering solitude Mr X is the search of a meaning for his life. Could this meaning be love, love of a human being. What if he leaves the city and its crazy people, could this be a concrete solution for him?
In three words this film is about: nostalgia, solitude and homelessness.
A refugee writer/poet is trying to make relation with the city he has moved into but he fails. A man alone, the citizen of nowhere tries to find a link between his present and past. Suffering solitude Mr X is the search of a meaning for his life. Could this meaning be love, love of a human being. What if he leaves the city and its crazy people, could this be a concrete solution for him?
In three words this film is about: nostalgia, solitude and homelessness.
