Watani: My Homeland (2016)
The story of one family's fight and struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, the film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to a little town in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.
Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen
| Directing | Marcel Mettelsiefen | Director |
| Production | Stephen Ellis | Producer |
| Editing | Stephen Ellis | Editor |
| Production | Raney Aronson-Rath | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hubertus Hoffmann | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marcel Mettelsiefen | Producer |
| Production | Bryn Mooser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hayley Pappas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Siobhan Sinnerton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Frederic Ulferts | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anthony Wonke | Executive Producer |
| Production | Diana Zimmerman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Chris Shaw | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Andrew Phillips | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Marcel Mettelsiefen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ben Baird | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ben Baird | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Nicholas Bays | Online Editor |
