Immigration Film Fest - Dwelling Among the Gods

Immigration Film Fest - Dwelling Among the Gods
Saturday, Sep 27, 2025 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Regal Cinemas Gallery Place
701 7th Street NorthWest

Dwelling Among the Gods [with featured short: In Puszcza]

In moving and stark imagery and dialogue, Dwelling Among the Gods, depicts one Afghan woman's journey to lay her brother to rest as she faces the pressure and challenges of fleeing to Europe with her husband and young children. The film will be preceded by In Puszcza, a short documentary highlighting the refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border and one man's very real struggle to bury a family member.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director of In Puszcza, Ciat Conlin.

Dwelling Among the Gods:

Narrative
Feature-length Films
SWANA
Europe
Women's Empowerment

A young Afghan woman comes to Belgrade at the height of the migrant wave and learns that her younger brother drowned in the river three weeks earlier. Then her struggle begins to bury him under her full name.

In Puszcza:

Documentary
Short Films
Europe

In Puszcza is the story of one man's attempt to find his brother after his disappearance crossing the Polish-Belarusian border.

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