A Camp is a Wall in a Forest
Knappe Anna
A camp is a place where mohajers live in a state of waiting. Mohajers are asylum seekers, refugees, and other migrants in precarious situations. Their camps are reception centers, detention centers, and temporary shelters, or in other words: facilities for storing humans.
Production Year
2018
Duration
00:18:30
Tyyppi
Asiasana
asylum seekers, documentarism, experimental films, human relations, human rights, migrants, migration, political art, refugee camps, refugees
Original Title
A Camp is a Wall in a Forest
Finnish Title
Camp on seinä metsässä
English Title
A Camp is a Wall in a Forest
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Anna Knappe (Author), Anna Knappe (Cinematographer), Anna Knappe (Director), Amir Jan (Director), Anna Knappe (Editor), Anna Knappe (Producer), Amir Jan (Producer), Anna Knappe (Script), Amir Jan (Script), Anna Knappe (Sound Design)
Press Photos
Anna Knappe and Amir Jan have been working as an artist duo since 2010. Their work analyses words and language form the ‘Mohajer’ identity of Afghan migrants, never-ending migrancy, life in camps, and stories of homes by people without a home country.