CREATED BY EVERYTHING IS STORIES
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY MIKE MARTINEZ AND TYLER WRAY
IN NOVEMBER 2019 WE WERE COMMISSIONED BY AIRBNB TO TELL THE STORY OF TWO UNLIKELY FRIENDS BROUGHT TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN SYRIA.
WE FOCUSED ON THE PLIGHT OF AMJED, WHO FLED HIS HOME PROVINCE OF IDLIB IN 2015 TO AVOID MILITARY ENROLLMENT AND ULTIMATELY FIGHT A WAR HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH. FOLLOWING A DANGEROUS 10 DAY JOURNEY ACROSS 10 COUNTRIES OVER LAND AND SEA, AMJED ARRIVED IN PARIS WITH HOPES OF ACHIEVING CITIZENSHIP AND ENROLLING IN SCHOOL.
STRUGGLING TO GAIN FOOTING IN A NEW COUNTRY AMJED WOULD MEET FLORENT, A LIFELONG PARISIAN WHO EVENTUALLY HELPS HIM LIVE AND SUCCEED IN FRANCE OUT OF A NEED TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN HIS CLOSE-KNIT WORLD.