From Turkish prisons to the bureaucratic “maze” they face in Greece, “Blurred Future”, a short film by three seventeen-year-old students in Greece, follows the story of two young male asylum seekers from Mali and Burkina Faso and records the daily struggle for survival, psychological consequences, and uncertainty.
Credits:
Nefeli Chatzi – Director, script, camera, research
Artemis Andreadi – Video edit, camera
Carolina Zay – Camera
Iason Iliadis – Narrative
Nikos Bougioukos- Sound mix
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