The War On My Phone

Name: The War On My Phone
Director: Elke Sasse
Released: Jan. 20, 2020, 11 p.m.
Rating: 10.0

10 10
2018
87min

German Arabic

English Catalan Arabic

Country: Germany

Original Title: The War on my Phone (2018)

Zena and Raad escaped from Aleppo, the epicenter of the war in Syria, and now live in Germany with their little daughter. But the war still pursues them closely through their cell phones.

German Arabic
English Catalan Arabic
Country: Germany
Original Title: The War on my Phone (2018)

AWARDS: Media & Migration Award. Filmforum im Museum Ludwig in Köln

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: DOK Leipzig

The war on my phone. The war in the digital age

This film documents the daily lives of Syrian friends and families separated by the war in a completely new manner: by tuning into their communication through messages, photos and videos.

By combining all their communication with interviews and a few professionally shot sequences, a unique contemporary document is emerging.

Director Elke Sasse shows again how user generated content can reflect the life and fate of today’s people much more intense than any TV camera could do.