Luxembourg City Film Festival

Lost Land

Credits

Original title :

Harà Watan

Country :

Japan-France-Malaysia-Germany

Year :

2025

Director :

Akio Fujimoto

Version :

vostEN

Duration :

99 minutes

Format :

digital

Actors :

Shomira Rias Uddin, Muhammad Shofik Rias Uddin

Awards :

Orrizonti Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival 2025

Official Selection – Out-of-competition

More information at www.luxfilmfest.lu

synopsis

Two Rohingya children, four-year-old Shafi and her nine-year-old sister Somira live in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. When their family disappears, they set out alone on a perilous journey to Malaysia.

"Lost Land" is Fujimoto’s third link in this powerful chain of dramas concerning the extreme hostility of the establishment towards displaced people. (…) Fujimoto shoots in an almost documentary-like, fly-on-the-wall style from the very beginning, but this isn’t to say that the film is cold or analytical in its depiction of this story.

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