BT-09. Every Face Has a Name

Sweden, 76 min, Feature Documentary

On April 28, 1945, the eyes and film cameras of the world were on Malm?weden, as thousands of survivors of German concentration camps took their first steps of freedom. In making this surprising documentary, director Magnus Gertten’s research led him to the names of many of these joyous, confused refugees. Now, 70 years later, they see this film for the first time and are able to tell their stories and the overwhelming happiness they felt that day. With a poignant juxtaposition, we are then transported to current-day Italy where people and emergency services are waiting at an Italian dock for some of the millions of today’s refugees from Syria. And once again, the people streaming off those boats are anonymous faces without names.