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Simple as water
SIMPLE AS WATER IS A SOFT-SPOKEN MEDITATION ON LOVE, DISPLACEMENT, AND FRACTURING FAMILIAL RELATIONS FROM ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER MEGAN MYLAN (LOST BOYS OF SUDAN, SMILE PINKI). 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.
AS A CONFLICT AT HOME FORCES SEPARATION AND MOVEMENT TO UNFAMILIAR GROUND, MYLAN’S CINEMATIC LENS FINDS THE POWERFUL YET EVERYDAY ACTS OF NURTURING AND KINSHIP, TRAVELLING WITH HER PROTAGONISTS AS THEY BUILD A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING. FROM BROTHERLY PROTECTION, MOTHERLY LOVE, AND THE PLAYFUL GUIDANCE OF A SIBLING, THESE CLOSELY OBSERVED SCENES SHOW TOUCHING STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND REVEAL TIES THAT BIND FAMILIES TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.—LUKE MOODY
CAST & CREDITS
DIRECTED BY MEGAN MYLAN
MEGAN MYLAN CREATES INTIMATE OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES ON COMPLEX GLOBAL ISSUES. SHE WON AN ACADEMY AWARD® FOR HER FILM SMILE PINKI AND AN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD FOR LOST BOYS OF SUDAN WHICH WAS ALSO SHORT-LISTED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD® AND NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ PICK.
DIRECTOR
MEGAN MYLAN
PRODUCER
ROBIN HESSMAN, MEGAN MYLAN
CINEMATOGRAPHER
LARS SKREE,
COMPOSER
HANAN TOWNSHEND
‘EDITOR
PURCELL CARSON, MEGAN MYLAN
SOUND
SKIP LIEVSAY, LIDIA TAMPLENIZZA
YEAR:
2026
DIRECTOR:
Megan Myland
DOP:
DOP Lars Skree
Starring:
4.Syrian Familes
