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Directed by | Michael Winterbottom |
Written by | Tony Grisoni |
Produced by | Andrew Eaton Anita Overland |
Starring | Jamal Udin Torabi Enayatullah Nabil Elouahabi |
Narrated by | Paul Popplewell |
Music by | Dario Marianelli |
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Distributed by | BBC |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Dari Pashto Italian English |
Budget | UK£950,000 |
In This World is a 2002 British docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film follows two young Afghan refugees, Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah, as they leave a refugee camp in Pakistan for a better life in London. Since their journey is illegal, it is fraught with danger, and they must use back-channels, bribes, and smugglers to achieve their goal.
The film won the Golden Bear prize at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 57th British Academy Film Awards the film was nominated for Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film but lost to Touching the Void (directed by Kevin Macdonald).[1]