Simple as Water

SYNOPSIS

A soft-spoken meditation on love, displacement, and fracturing familial relations. From Turkey to Greece to Germany to the U.S., the bond of close relatives transcends borders for Syrian families impacted by the repercussions of perpetual war.
Epic in scope, but intimate in feel SIMPLE AS WATER is a meditation on the elemental bonds between parent and child from Academy Award-winner Megan Mylan (Lost Boys of Sudan, Smile Pinki). A masterful look at the impact of war, separation and displacement, the film takes us into Syrian families' quests for normalcy and through the whirlwind of obstacles – to building life anew. Filmed in Turkey, Greece, Germany, Syria and the US, Mylan's sensitive camera reifies the universal importance of family.

Producer: Susan Bay Nimoy, Alaa Hassan

RUNTIME: 97 min