
Waiting is a group effort.
An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
- 7.0
- 2020
- Released
- 1h 44m

Amir El-Masry
Omar
Vikash Bhai
Farhad
Ola Orebiyi
Wasef
Kwabena Ansah
Abedi
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Helga
Qais Nashif

Kenneth Collard
Boris
Sanjeev Kohli
Vikram
Cameron Fulton
Plug
Lewis Gribben
Stevie
Grace Chilton
Margaret
Raymond Mearns
Mike
Sodienye Ojewuy
Hamad
Iona Elizabeth Thomson
Tia
Barbara Hunter
Scooter Woman
Raadi Madhi
Abdul
Ellie Haddington
Beatrice






Released
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$224,405.00
- #island
- #musician
- #scotland
- #refugee
- #separation from family
- #asylum seekers
- #syrian refugee
Reviews

There is something perfectly apposite about the title of this semi-comedic tale of four young Syrian refugees stuck on a remote, but curious and friendly, Scottish island whilst they await a decision on their asylum applications. Living in an unfurnished house they must reconcile their constant restlessness with their desire to integrate and to settle somewhere - whilst trying to adapt to the less











