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Folkestone Documentary Festival

The Walk – Exclusive Free Screening for Schools + Intro

Friday 18th October 2024 at 10:00am

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Folkestone Documentary Festival 2024 » The Walk – Exclusive Free Screening for Schools + Intro
Date
Friday 18th October 2024
Time
10:00am
Venue
The Silver Screen Cinema
Type
Film Festival, Free Event
Rating
Certificate PG
2026-10-08 11:17:04
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A special FREE schools screening of The Walk introduced by the director.

This event is exclusively for school groups, and is SOLD OUT. Pass-holders and general public will not be admitted.

The Walk is based on an extraordinary artistic endeavour in 2021 which saw a 12 foot tall puppet called Amal travel for three months across Europe, raising awareness of the plight of unaccompanied young refugees. The film follows the journey of Amal, from the Syrian border, all the way across Europe, as she searches for safety and a place where she feels welcome.

In October 2021, she memorably came to Folkestone, and we’re delighted to be hosting this new film about her.

In the film, Amal is a real girl with a real voice (an inner monologue narrated by a Syrian refugee), which expresses the hopes and fears that a young girl would feel on this journey. Just like any human, she struggles with a diversity of emotions. She has her thoughts, memories, dreams and fears that we witness along her journey. She meets lots of other refugees like her, all on their own journeys, and she also meets plenty of people who don’t want her in their country.

THE WALK is not a typical documentary. It mixes vérité documentary with fantastical semi-scripted elements to create a fairytale for adults.

Screening in partnership with Together Films. This event does not have a Q&A, but will feature an in-person introduction from director Tamara Kotevska.

The Walk

""Borders can't stop you when you're 12 foot tall.""

  • Directed by

    Tamara Kotevska

  • Genre

    Documentary

  • Country

    UK

  • Year

    2023

  • Duration

    80 mins

  • Rating

    PG

THE WALK follows the journey of Amal, a 12 foot giant puppet. Amal is a young refugee girl who is travelling from the Syrian border in Turkey, all the way across Europe, trying to find a home. The film mixes vérité documentary with fantastical semi-scripted elements to create a fairy-tale for adults.

Director – Tamara Kotevska

Tamara Kotevska is the Oscar®-nominated director of HONEYLAND, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury Prize and Special Jury Award for Impact for Change. It also went on to become the first documentary to ever receive Academy Award® nominations for both Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature. THE WALK is her follow-up feature.

Folkestone Documentary Festival

For more details about the films and the festival, visit the Folkestone Documentary Festival website:

folkestonedocumentaryfestival.co.uk