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Only the Ocean Between Us

2021 · 81 min

A quiet, intimate documentary that feels like reading someone else's diary—slow, honest, and quietly devastating.

Directed by
Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Two young Syrian directors in the Za’atari refugee camp (Jordan) and two young indigenous Shipibo-Konibo directors in Lima (Peru) exchange intimate cinematographic correspondence, based on their daily experiences.

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Directed by
Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • memory
  • survival
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb, Karoli Bautista Pizarro, Christy Cauper Silvano
Cinematography
Christy Cauper Silvano
Runtime
81 min
Country
Jordan, Peru, United States of America
Languages
Arabic, Spanish

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