‘The War On My Phone’ gives an intimate insight into the everyday lives of Syrian friends and families separated by the civil war. Four personal stories documented through the protagonists’ phones, which have become their main tools for finding meaning in life – lifelinesfor keeping up hope and maintaining relationships. In this documentary, director Elke Sasse uses videos, photos and personal messages to show what it means to be safe in a foreign land and yet in the midst of the conflict.

Produced by sounding images
in co-production with berlin producers, WDR and DW, funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.