IN THEATERS THIS FALL
Filmed over 10 years, one girl’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.
TRAILER
ACCOLADES
WINNER
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026
DIRECTING AWARD
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
WINNER
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026
AUDIENCE AWARD
WORLD CINEMA
WINNER
dallas int’l film festival 2026
best documentary
WINNER
sheffield docfest 2026
shine global resilience award
WINNER
2026 Giffoni Film festival
Gryphon award
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
GALLERY
PRESS
“STUNNING.
A MODERN DAY EPIC.”
New york magazine
“A COMPLEX, THOUGHT-PROVOKING HUMAN INTEREST FILM.”
SCREEN DAILY
“POIGNANT.
A DECADE-SPANNING PORTRAIT.”
VARIETY
“BRINGS AN INTIMATE PERSPECTIVE TO THE REFUGEE EXPERIENCE.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“A VIVID, NUANCED PORTRAIT OF EXILE.”
indiewire
“NECESSARY, INTIMATE, AND RESILIENT DOCUMENT OF GROWING UP IN A DIFFERENT WORLD.”
HAMMER TO NAIL
SCREENINGS
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Zurich Film Festival
Zurich, Switzerland
Q&As with Itab Azzam September 27 and 28
September 27 - October 3, 2026
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Hot Springs, AR
October 14, 2026
Woodstock Film Festival
Woodstock, NY
October 16, 2026
IFC Center
New York, NY
Q&A with the filmmakers and Israa October 21 and October 22
Opens October 21, 2026
Bergen International Film Festival
Bergen, Norway
October 14-22, 2026
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood
Berkeley, CA
Q&A with the filmmakers and Israa
October 24, 2026
Smith Rafael Film Center
San Rafael, CA
Q&A with the filmmakers and Israa
October 25, 2026
Reel Talk with Stephen Farber at Laemmle Royal
Los Angeles, CA
Q&A with the filmmakers
October 26, 2026
Laemmle Royal
Los Angeles, CA
Q&A with the filmmakers
Opens October 30, 2026
PAST SCREENINGS
DMZ Int’l Documentary Film Festival
Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
September 2026
Syrian Doc Days
Copenhagen, Denmark
Q&A with Itab Azzam
September 2026
International Human Rights Film Festival
Colombia
August 2026
Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
August 2026
Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival Series
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
August 2026
Giffoni Film Festival
Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy
July 2026
DC/DOX
Washington D.C.
June 2026
Shanghai International Film Festival
Shanghai, China
June 2026
Sheffield DocFest
Sheffield, UK
June 2026
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Mammoth Lakes, CA
May 2026
Dok.Fest Munich
Munich, Germany
May 2026
Millennium Doc Against Gravity
Poland
May 2026
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
May 2026
Sundance Film Festival: CDMX
Mexico City, Mexico
April 2026
Dallas Intl. Film Festival
Dallas, TX
April 2026
IFFB Boston
Boston, MA
April 2026
First Look Film Festival
New York, NY
April 2026
Women+Film Festival
Denver, CO
April 2026
Zagrebdox
Zagreb, Croatia
April 2026
Riverrun International Film Festival
Winston-Salem, NC
April 2026
Istanbul Film Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
April 2026
Sarasota Film Festival
Sarasota, FL
April 2026
Minneapolis St. Paul Int’l Film Festival
Minneapolis, MN
April 2026
CPH:DOX
Copenhagen, Denmark
March 2026
Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece
March 2026
Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT
January 2026
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