ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW

A CHRONICLE OF THE EXPLOITATION OF
MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN LEBANON

Room Without A View reveals the dire reality of foreign domestic workers in Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon. The documentary offers an intimate insight into the private lives of employers, agents and maids. Laws create a legal structure of inequality and power imbalance that encourages corruption and abuse. Sexism and the patriarchal system discriminate against Lebanese women in turn perpetuates abuse against foreign domestic workers. Exposing a modern form of slavery, the film reflects on the role of women and domestic worker in capitalist societies.

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AWARDS & SPECIAL SCREENINGS

World Premiere – CPH:DOX’s F:act Award Competition, Copenhagen Int’l Documentary Film Festival, Denmark

North American Premiere – Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Best documentary Ex Aequo award – Laceno D'oro International Film Festival, Italy

Best Documentary Feature – Brights Future Independent Film Festival Gothenburg, Sweden

Amnesty International Catalunya Award – DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival, Spain

Award Human Rights Documentary – Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli, Italy

Honorable Mention – DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Korea

FILM FESTIVALS

The Film Festival, Poland

DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival 2021, Spain

Biografilm Festival, International Celebration of Lives, Italy

DOCUMED The Association of Documentary Cinema, Tunisia

Shanghai International Film Festival, China

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece

DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Korea

Black Star International Film Festival, Ghana

Job Film Days International Film Festival, Italy

The Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland

DocsMX International Documentary Film Festival, Mexico

One World – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Check Republic

Festivals des Libertés, Belgium

Palestine Cinema Days

The Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany

Karama Human Rights Festival (HRFF), Jordan

THE FILMMAKER

Roser Corella (Barcelona, 1978) is an Independent Documentary Filmmaker currently based in Berlin. Roser began her career as video-journalist for the Catalan TV, but her interest in human stories behind global issues moved her to start self-producing and developing a personal vision within the documentary field. Her work - Machine man (short, 2011), Prisoners of Kanun (short, 2014), Grab and run (feature, 2017) – has been shown worldwide, winning numerous awards. Her fascination for the documentary genre has led her to travel the world in search of stories that deserve to be told. Not only to witness but to challenge and raise critical questions about contemporary societies.

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ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
EPF16040 ● ISBN: 978-1-933724-80-5 ● UPC: 6-82086-16040-5 ● Not Rated ● Color 73 Minutes ● 2020 ● NTSC ● Arabic, Amharic, Bengali, French, English, English Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles

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DVD With PPR - $250

DSL & DVD With PPR - $375