Film screening
Train to Peace

German Feature Film at Ajyal Youth Film Festival

Sat, 02.12.2017
9:45 PM Katara Building 16, Opera House (K16-OH)

The German Embassy Doha and the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region are happy to contribute to Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017 as part of Qatar Germany 2017. Jost Althoff and Max Philipp Glauner present the short film “Train to Peace” by Jost Althoff and Jakob Weyde as part of the shorts program “Another Reality”.

Train to Peace
Jakob Weyde, Jost Althoff / Short Narrative / Germany / 2016 / 10 min / Colour / DCP
In Arabic / English subtitles

In the 1970s, Iraqi society appeared to be on the right track and headed for prosperity. But since Saddam Hussein took his country to war with neighbouring Iran in 1979, Iraq has been riding a roller-coaster of violence. Riding a train in Berlin, an Iraqi man considers his nation’s recent past, when its people have been stripped of their affluence, their hope and their dignity. He may love his home country – but can he still believe in it?

Reservations can be done on the website of Doha Film Institute.