
The Arrivals
Three Kurdish refugees have made it to the northern edge of Europe, and this short film picks up their story after the crossing, once the journey itself is over and the slower work of building a life begins. It follows their daily routines, homes, and encounters in a new country, using observational footage and their own voices rather than narration to carry the story. The film stays close to small, concrete moments, a meal, a walk through an unfamiliar town, a conversation about what was left behind, letting the texture of resettlement speak for itself rather than summarizing it. There is little political framing here; the focus is personal, tracking how each of the three adjusts, or struggles to adjust, to a place that is safe but not home. It is a quiet, observational piece rather than an issue-driven one, more interested in what arrival actually looks like day to day than in the debates surrounding refugee policy.