Limbo - Morias Garden

LIMBO in Moria reflects the bigotry of modern, „equal rights“ society; Europe retains the forgotten people from the south who fight for their life, their future and their dreams.
In the refugee camp of Moria the migrants get by on their hope, their desire to live, express themselves and the idea of a better future. While waiting, daily routines in the camp go on and the refugees fill them with activities that add some sense to their life, such as music:
music is one of those activities, and in this documentary we go inside camp Moria, into a group of classes where music teachers and students share their experiences. In the so called garden, a guarded fenced place inside Moria.
The film widens the perspective on the migration debate, giving the human beings behind this debate a face.
How do refugees change the life of the locals? What is their personal attitude towards these changes?
How did the situation on the island develop and still is developing? What were the expectations the refugees
brought with them and how did they change? How do the volunteers feel, who came to the island in order to help? How do they experience their time on and what are their feelings when they leave the island?
How did the hotspot Moria change throughout the last years and what happened behind the fences?
Will the Limbus of Moria become a permanent residence? Will the dreams of other lands and a better future turn out to be fantasies?

I'm telling you this story through the eyes of the people who are gathering in Moria in a place they call their garden and bring it to life with their love and music, as does the Kongo-born Greek Anita, who wanted to leave the island two years ago in order to search new professional experiences as a musician.
But then came the call of an NGO, offering music lessons in Moria and a new challenge in work.
We're always close to the musicians who try to write their own songs. We learn about the hopes and dreams they had when they arrived on the island and how they change in the course of time.
Throughout the last years we visited our protagonists with the camera on aregular basis, thus being able to learn about the developments on the island through their reflections.
We also follow the story of a refugee who managed to leave/escape from/ the island.

Since migration and refugees is a subject of anybody’s interest, the film should go out to everybody as well.
Besides being shown in movie theatres it should be seen in thematically related events as well, such as social, religious organizations, congregations and institutions involved in the matter. Advice and thought food for those who consider „volunteering“ are also given.
The documentary widens the perspective on migration.

The film wants to open a view behind the walls of Moria,
thus highlighting the inner perspective.
Migration and the difficult situation on the island are now and again subject to the media, but personal history and standpoints of the people who actually live there are only superficially focussed on.
I also want to show, that goodness and beauty can grow in the camp, that’s what the garden stands for.

Considering the multi-layered complexity of the subject I decided to shoot the film independently.
This decision made investments of considerable quantity for technology and travel coasts necessary, as well as payment for a greek sound designer who lives on the island.
Copyrights have to be checked, translation work is to be done to make the film accessible for a wider audience.
The whole film is in original sound(engl., greek, german, dari), with adequate subtitles, even more for the better of it, so it can take part in international film festivals.

For you’re support they’ll be nice thx- goodies waiting as well.

After successful crowdfunding the film can be finished- I do
seriously believe that it’s important, also to give the people who work on the island a voice.