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FILM SYNOPSIS
When a Syrian doctor is forced to flee Aleppo with her young daughter, one desperate choice sets off a chain of events that ripples across borders and pulls five strangers into the same storm. A smuggler trying to save his son. A soldier wrestling with his conscience. A poet searching for home. A Greek coast guard captain caught between duty and mercy. Their paths collide on a night in the Mediterranean, where survival is uncertain, and humanity is revealed in its rawest form.
RELEASE DATE
January 9, 2026
DIRECTOR
Brandt Andersen
PRODUCERS
Brandt Andersen
Ossama Bawaedi
Ryan Busse
Charlie Endean
WRITER
Brandt Andersen
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Jonathan Sela
