Borderline-Europe Kooch Club

Report on the screening and discussion of "A Journey into Zero Space”
At borderline-europe we decided to hold monthly meetings to discuss migration and refugee issues. On Friday the 25th of October 2024 we held our first meeting where we screened the documentary "A Journey into Zero Space" by Dawood Hilmandi followed by a discussion. The filmmaker joined us and the audience asked him their questions and he answered them, he also told us more about the film and the process of making this documentary film.

The director, Dawood Hilmadi, explained that this film was born out of a question, but he did not want to give a definitive answer through this film. Instead, he tried to give the audience access to his mind and let them think about the question with him. The director said that he has not sent this film to the festivals that follow the classical narrative yet, this film has only been screened at some festivals and research meetings.

A Journey into Zero Space is an autobiographical documentary shot in the USA, the Netherlands, Iran and Afghanistan. The director tried to share part of his lived migration experience with us.

The film is a three-part documentary: in the first part, No King's Day, we follow Dawood's thoughts in the Netherlands and reflect on the war and its issues through his questions.