Angelos Rallis | Greece, 2022, 87'
In one of Bangladesh’s low-lying coastal areas along the Brahmaputra River, a 12-year-old orphan girl named Afrin lives on a flood-ravaged island without electricity. Her relatives want to marry her off, which is illegal though common practice, but Afrin is not like other young girls, she has plans and a mind of her own. When her house is submerged by floods, she decides to leave behind the only world she has ever known and undertake a treacherous solo boat journey to find the father she has never met – in one of most densely populated cities in the world. In Dhaka, a city on the brink and overflowing with danger and mystery, Afrin faces the impossible, but she befriends a group of fellow orphans and never lets go of the hope of reuniting with her father and a better life for herself.
Angelos Rallis studied Film, Anthropology and Photography in Sweden and the UK. He started his career in theatre and TV in Greece. His early work has been published in newspapers, press agencies and NGOs around the world.
