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Refugee Blues

Stephan Bookas & Tristan Daws
6' / 2016 / France, United Kingdom
English
Spanish subtitled

Audience vote 7.02

Inspired by W.H. Auden's work, Refugee Blues is a documentary poem from the jungle in Calais.

Main Festivals & Awards

Berlinale 2016

Director's Biography

Stephan Bookas (Director / Producer / Cinematographer)
Stephan is a German/American, London based filmmaker, producer and cinematographer. He has shot and directed award winning documentaries and short fiction films across much of the globe including India, Siberia, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Cuba, China and North Korea and is currently in postproduction for his first feature-length documentary and in preproduction for multiple international fiction, animation and documentary projects.

Tristan Daws (Director / Producer / Sound)
Tristan is a London-based, documentary filmmaker. His work has often focused on the marginalised in society, particularly in the field of mental health. He has been commissioned to direct several international documentary productions, and is currently in postproduction on his first feature documentary, about the relationship between a young man and his schizophrenic father.