IDFA - International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019
Under Beirut's umbrella of corruption and chaos, Palestinian taxi driver Abu Hussam strives to reconnect with the love of his life and dreams of a permanent shelter. The runaway Syrian boy Ali survives on the streets, waiting for the return of a missing friend and Lebanese woman Samya is racing to provide for her mother’s surgery who is going blind from glaucoma. „Underdown" follows them on a pulsating journey through their daily struggles living with poverty. Stuck in dark loops of violence, social injustice and alcohol abuse, they connect in their search for hope, freedom and happiness.
Screening at Shams - Sunflower Theatre (Beirut)
in the presence of the director and the producer