Year: 2021
Country:
SWEDEN, DENMARK, QATAR
Language:
Swedish, Spanish, English, Arabic
Run Time:
97 minutes
In 2014 Patricio Galvez’s daughter Amanda married an infamous jihadist and moved from Sweden to Syria to fight for ISIS. After both Amanda and her husband are killed in the collapse of the caliphate, their seven young children, ages one to eight, were left orphaned and trapped in a Syrian prison camp in dire conditions, while the debate over government responsibility for “children of the enemy” drags on. Without support from any of the countries involved, the orphaned children of ISIS fighters have been left in squalor and neglect. Desperate to bring his grandchildren back to Sweden safely, Patricio sets out on a dangerous solo mission to find them and take them home himself. A deeply moving documentary about frustration, love, and loss, CHILDREN OF THE ENEMY sheds light on the complex issues that remain in the wake of a devastating war, and the thousands of innocent children who have been left to suffer for the sins of their parents. —G.S.
Mimi Ohio Theatre
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Monday, April 04, 2022 at 2:40 PM
CIFF46 Streams On Demand
Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM -
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 11:59 PM
Streams Access: United States and US Territories
Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: Yes
Related Event
46th CIFF College Program
Competition
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition
Director
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Producers
Erika Malmgren, Kristofer Henell
Screenwriting
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Cinematography
Gorki Glaser-Müller
Editing
Åsa Mossberg, Kasper Leick, Søren B. Ebbe, Erika Gonzales
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