Every summer many European tourists travel to the Greek island of Lesbos for a sunny holiday. In 2105 thousands of refugees crossed the sea from Turkey and arrived on the island as well, looking for a safe haven in the European Union.
Filmmakers Philip Brink and Marieke van der Velden invited tourists and refugees to talk with one another about life while sitting on a little bench overlooking the sea.
The result is a short documentary with conversations of war, fleeing, home, work, love, but also cars and pets. It's an ode to humanism and shows what happens when we take time to sit down and talk with each other instead of about each other. (23 min)
Behind the scenes while making the documentary
Annemarijn and Birvan
Archie and Wissam
Alaa and Finn
Mohamed and Jan
Marcel and Hasan
Joana and Monique
Rashad and Otis
Suhaila and Petra
Seet and Mayada
Ghanem and Tillman
Selma and Husam