NOOR AT MYTILINI PORT

6mins ‧ HDV ‧ Ireland/Greece ‧ 2016

New Year's Eve in Mytilini port, Lesvos: a filmmaker meets Noor, a young woman from Syria. They make a short film together right then on her phone. 

Director's note: 

When I was in Greece in the Winter I was not there to film, but as a noborders activist. But one day I met a young woman from Syria who told me I should film. As in, told me! I asked her what should I film and if she would do it with me? She said she wanted to film women, and so off we went for a short while before her ferry left for Athens that evening. 

Noor and I met only for a short time but we clicked! We stayed in touch in the next few days by whatsapp but my phone was stolen soon after and I lost her surname and contact details. She was on her way to Sweden and I hope to meet her again. 

SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS: 

BFI London Film Festival, October 2016 

London Short Film Festival, January 2017 

Berlin British Shorts Film Festival, January 2017 

WANDA Festival of Feminist Moving Image, Belfast, February 2017