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My Paper Life (Ma vie en papier)

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Vida Dena 2022

Vida Dena’s feature documentary debut, My Paper Life, is an intimate and subtly expansive portrait of a Syrian family living in a house in Brussels that seldom leaves the confines of its four pink walls. Dena’s film focuses on the two eldest daughters, Hala and Rima and the family’s growing collection of drawings and dreams. Surrounded by sketches, the young women recall their journey and their home, their plans to study and to marry, and what other possibilities they hope this new life might have in store.


Press

  • Business Doc Europe
    An elegant and insightful blend of childlike art, music and observation helps elevate Vida Dena’s documentary My Paper Life (Ma vie en papier) to something rather special, and helps deliver a thoughtful and warm immersion into the thoughts, memories and present-day realities for a Syrian family who have escaped the war and are now living in Belgium
    Mark Adams
  • Back Seat Mafia
    An intimate and affable portrait - a highly empathetic piece of documentary filmmaking.
    Rob Aldam

Festival Participation

  • Visions du Réel - 2022
    Winner Interreligious award, International Competition
  • Millenium International Documentary Film Festival
  • Sheffield Doc Fest
  • Salina Doc Fest
  • Festival Dei Popoli
  • IDFA Best of Fest

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