A film by Vincent Urban:

In September 2014, Vincent Urban and Stefan Templer traveled to Lebanon to capture what life is like for Syrian refugees living in the Bekaa Valley. They were hosted by the humanitarian organisation Medair who has been helping newly arriving refugees primarily with establishing safe shelters since 2012. More information about Medair click here.

This film is a collections of sights and sounds from their experience in the informal settlements of the Bekaa Valley where more than 130.000 Syrian refugees are seeking safety. The government has been hesitant to allow formal refugee camps, so these families are living in makeshift shelters on rented farmland from Lebanese farmers with little to no amenities such as water and sanitation.

The Bekaa Valley is situated just an hour drive West to the capitol, Beirut, and just a few kilometers away from Damascus, the Syrian capitol. They also shot some surrounding landscapes and life in Beirut to show the visual and cultural context of the situation in Lebanon.

Directed & Edited by: Vincent Urban
Camera: Vincent Urban & Stefan Templer
Music: Ben Lukas Boysen – “Gravity”