Haunted

Director
Liwaa Yazji

Country

Year
2014

Duration
112 min

Language

Subtitles
English

In feature documentary Haunted, the filmmaker explores what it means to flee a war. She meets both friends and people previously unknown to her at their homes; houses where they live now or where they used to live; spaces that have turned into a sought-after commodity. When does one leave? What does one take? What aspects of life does the departure irretrievably end? How long can one sit tight? What do people call their departure? Are they refugees? Do they leave? Do they see themselves as displaced people? Do they just move on? What does home mean? Which rights do they lose? From what losses can they protect themselves? What can they control? By means of her collected stories, the filmmaker traces the endless refugee movements in the region over the last 70 years.