Stretching over a period of six months, our project “Refugees – then and now”, offered 21 students from Germany, Poland and Ukraine the opportunity to meet in each of the three countries for a week-long film workshop.

In each country, the participants produced two documentaries. For the first, the group researched and explored the topic of escape and banishment during and after World War II. A second film illuminated the current refugee situation in the country. The work resulted in a collection of six deeply moving films, which we screened at Kino Central in Berlin as part of the project’s celebratory closing event.

The film collection is used as a teaching tool internationally.

The project was financed by the German Foreign Ministry. It is a Glocal Films collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and the German Youth for Understanding Committee.