Between Syria and England: A British-Syrian Family Story
Between Syria and England: A British-Syrian Family Story
What does home mean when your family belongs to more than one place?
In this family documentary, a British-Syrian family looks back at childhood, identity and the experience of growing up between two cultures - including the first time the children travelled to Syria and encountered the people, places and family stories they had grown up hearing about.
What does home mean when your family belongs to more than one place?
In this family documentary, a British-Syrian family looks back at childhood, identity and the experience of growing up between two cultures - including the first time the children travelled to Syria and encountered the people, places and family stories they had grown up hearing about.
Growing up between two cultures
The children grew up in England with a British mother and Syrian father. Syria was part of their family identity, but for years it existed partly through their father's memories, stories and relatives they knew from a distance.
Then they travelled there together.
Suddenly, the wider Syrian family they'd heard about was standing in front of them. There were new relationships to navigate, cultural differences to discover and the experience of seeing their father's home through their own British-Syrian eyes.
Looking back through family photographs brings those memories - and the inevitable disagreements about exactly what happened - back to life.
It's a film about heritage and belonging, but above all it's about family: how stories, memories and relationships connect generations to the places they come from.
Explore more films about the relationships that shape us.
Growing up between two cultures
The children grew up in England with a British mother and Syrian father. Syria was part of their family identity, but for years it existed partly through their father's memories, stories and relatives they knew from a distance.
Then they travelled there together.
Suddenly, the wider Syrian family they'd heard about was standing in front of them. There were new relationships to navigate, cultural differences to discover and the experience of seeing their father's home through their own British-Syrian eyes.
Looking back through family photographs brings those memories - and the inevitable disagreements about exactly what happened - back to life.
It's a film about heritage and belonging, but above all it's about family: how stories, memories and relationships connect generations to the places they come from.
Explore more films about the relationships that shape us.
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