Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival

 
Back Home, Tomorrow
Director: Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Paolo Santolini
Country: Italy
Year: 2008
Runtime: 87 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Screening Times: Friday, March 5, 7:00 PM
 
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Synopsis:
In Back Home Tomorrow, directors Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Paolo Santolini deftly weave together the stories of two children affected by war during their stays in the caring hands of Italian aid organization Emergency. Yagoub fled with his family from Darfur to the Mayo Refugee Camp in Khartoum. He has to undergo a serious heart operation, but neither his family nor his fellow tribesmen can come up with the money to pay for it. Murtaza is recuperating in a hospital in Kabul after losing his left hand to a landmine. The directors expertly interweave these two fascinating and heartfelt stories without commentary to create a film of complexity, resonance, and hope.
 
Film Festivals:
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, NYC, USA, June 2009
Intl Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL, November 2009
Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, February 2010
 
Awards:
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival “Cinereach Award”
 
Media Coverage:
Eye for Film: Back Home, Tomorrow – Film Review
Variety: Back Home, Tomorrow – Film Review
 
Other:
Emergency USA Website
 
Overview by Julie Giles