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Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary | Itab Azzam & Jack MacInnes
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.
+ MoreDirecting Award: World Cinema Documentary | Itab Azzam & Jack MacInnes
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.
Co-directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes bring a palpable blend of sensitivity and nuance to their portrayal of the Syrian refugee Isra’a and her loved ones, following them across time, borders, and shifting circumstances. It is clear that the filmmakers fully realize the weight of the trust and privilege that comes with undertaking a longitudinal project: to witness the experiences, challenges, and quiet joys of a remarkably resilient family forced to leave their beloved Aleppo.
Even as Isra’a settles confidently into her new home in Cologne, tension builds when Western freedoms push against the comforting stability of Syrian traditions, straining once-tight bonds. An intimate and affecting exploration of rupture, resilience, and the search for belonging, One In A Million radiates heart and empathy, leaving a lasting impression. — AT
This film contains mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages.
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).
Itab Azzam
Jack MacInnes
Raney Aronson-Rath
Will Anderson
James Bluemel
Andrew Palmer
Alec Rossiter
Iain Pettifer
Simon Russell
Lucie Kon
Harriet Gugenheim
Joseph Schull
David Fialkow
Nina Fialkow
Hosam Al Katan
Fadi Al Halabi
Andrew Metz
Dan Edge
Lauren Ezell
Katherine Griwert
Michelle Mizner
Trevor Lopez De Vergara
Jade Miller-Robinson
Ulrike Pflanz
Keo Films Ltd
Jade Miller-Robinson
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Itab Azzam is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and humanitarian. She works with Syrian refugee women in Lebanon and London on empowerment, education, and through therapeutic arts projects, including Film for Freedom, an initiative that trains refugee women in filmmaking. Born in Syria, she currently resides in London.
Born and raised in London, filmmaker Jack MacInnes moved to Damascus where he met and ultimately married co-director Itab Azzam. His work has appeared on Netflix, BBC, and PBS and has received Emmy, BAFTA, Peabody, Grierson, and Prix Italia Awards.
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