Karam Camera(2023)

Two Syrian refugee girls document each other making their first films in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Reyhanli.

Karam Camera is a documentary that follows two Syrian refugee girls as they navigate the creative process of making their first films. Using a camera as their tool for expression, the pair document each other's artistic journeys, capturing both the technical challenges and personal stories that emerge from their work. The film offers an intimate portrait of resilience and imagination, showing how young people displaced by conflict find voice and agency through filmmaking. Their collaborative effort becomes a powerful testament to creativity as a means of processing experience and building connection. Karam Camera celebrates the transformative potential of cinema while centering the perspectives and aspirations of its young filmmakers.