A MAN RETURNED

Reda is 26 years old. His dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh
end in failure after being trapped in Greece for three years.
He returns with a heroin addiction to life in a camp being torn apart by internal strife and the repercussions of the Syrian war.
Against all odds, he decides to marry his childhood sweetheart; a bittersweet love story like the camp itself.

UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Lebanon | 2016 | 30 mins

Arabic with English subtitles.

3 LOGICAL EXITS

Mahdi Fleifel returns to Ain El-Helwe and reunites with Reda El-Saleh where he documents the sociological meditation on the different “exits” that young Palestinians choose in order to cope with life in Lebanese refugee camps.
Denmark, UK, Lebanon | 2020 | 14 mins

Arabic with English subtitles.

Partners: Beirut DC