Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods

Afrin's journey is an allegory of millions of climate refugees and people facing climate injustice. The strength and fascination of Mighty Afrin is not only the individual character Afrin, it is the impression that she always stands for something more epic than herself in an uncanny way. Afrin is the representation of a generation put forward in desperate times. Her fight against the flood stands for millions of young people in the same situation. When she embarks on the risky trip across the country, she is also one of the many internally displaced children and climate refugees. In the context of the "tokais", the homeless children communities that are handling waste in Dhaka, it is as though together we are stronger. The film organically culminates in a mystical situation where Afrin's dreams merge with reality.

The film has been shot over five years mostly by myself as I am doing also the camera and sound work. In some of the most dangerous scenes in Dhaka, I worked with a small local crew to control the shooting, come closer to the characters souls and in order to maintain the safety of the children in a busy environment and throughout Covid times.

The film is a cooperative project that aims also to create a better future for Afrin. On the social footprint of the film, we hope the film will have an impact as an international wake-up call to the climate crisis but also to the visibility of a community in the Brahmaputra river basin of who seem to be in obscurity.