Solo el mar nos separa / فقط البحر بيننا

ONLY THE OCEAN BETWEEN US

Two Syrian directors in Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan and two Indigenous Shipibo directors in Lima, Peru correspond through film diaries in a cross-border project from Another Kind of Girl Collective. ONLY THE OCEAN BETWEEN US tells four profoundly personal stories of motherhood, displacement, and the power of both personal and communal resistance.

1 hour 22 mins / Lima, Peru & Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan / 2021

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DIRECTORS/CINEMATOGRAPHERS

CHRISTY CAUPER SILVANO

A Shipibo photographer, filmmaker and cultural practitioner living in Cantagallo, Lima, Peru. She co-directed the short film Un Pedacito de la Selva en la Ciudad (2015), which won an audience award at Mi Primer Festival, in Lima. Her photographs were also featured in the group exhibit “Fotos por el Cambio” at the Peruvian North American Cultural Institute. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.

KAROLI BAUTISTA PIZARRO

A Shipibo filmmaker, cultural practitioner and activist living in Cantagallo, Lima, Peru. Her short film Escúchame Cantar (2016) screened at the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival and Alice Fest. Her photographs were featured in an article in the Peruvian investigative journal Ojo Público about human rights issues in her community during the 2020 lockdown. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.

KHALDIYA AMER ALI

A Syrian filmmaker living in Za'atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Her short film Another Kind of Girl (2015) premiered at Sundance, screened at Cannes, SXSW, won numerous awards including the emerging filmmaker production grant from Kassel Documentary Film Festival and was featured on the New York Times’ Op-docs. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.

MARAH MOHAMMAD ALKHATEEB

A Syrian filmmaker living in Za'atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Her short film Children (2015) won numerous awards at film festivals. She also won top award at Punto De Vista International Documentary Film Festival. More recently, she created a short film for the Thomson Reuters Association and completed a 360 film. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, will have its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.