Working Migrants in Libya
Overview
Despite the decreasing migration flows through the Central Mediterranean Route in the past two years, Libya is still a transit route and departure point for many migrants attempting to go to Europe. However, Libya also remains an important destination country for migrants seeking economic opportunities. This short documentary tells the stories and challenges faced by migrants who have just started working in Libya, some who have worked there for a long time and some seeking to be employed.
Sharing Some of their hopes and dreams for the future and a slice of their daily life’s, the documentary also covers opinions and advice of Libyan employers and community members and lessons learned by the migrants themselves.
Characters
Locations and challenges
The documentary was shot in three different cities, Benghazi (eastern Libya), Kufra (southeastern Libya) and Tripoli in the west of Libya and on various locations within those cities, it was challenging for our team to shot on all those areas simultaneously especially with the current conditions in Libya for various reasons including safety, transport, electricity, moving equipment’s and working with a tight schedule. our team for this project consisted of 10 members working in all 3 cities.
Sharing Some of their hopes and dreams for the future and a slice of their daily life’s, the documentary also covers opinions and advice of Libyan employers and community members and lessons learned by the migrants themselves.
From the Team
Ibrahim Al.Agori
another filmmaker that was assigned the task of filming in the documentary, Ibrahim was mainly assigned the eastern region of Libya and he had the honor to work with Abdel Quodos, a very unique and uplifting character from the film.
Sharing Some of their hopes and dreams for the future and a slice of their daily life’s, the documentary also covers opinions and advice of Libyan employers and community members and lessons learned by the migrants themselves.
Hassan Idris
was one of the filmmakers that took part in the journey of producing this body of work, mainly Hassan was assigned the filming of Kamal, one of the main characters of the working migrant documentary.
Hassan was contacted by Khaya’s team and was advised on the best methodically, technical approach and required skillsets in order to deliver the job in accordance with the quality standard of Khayal productions.
we’ve had a couple of challenging situations but the most challenging part while filming this was the electricity cuts especially while filming indoors. my experience with the film was fresh and positive I got to know Kamal whom I’m still in contact with months after we wrapped filming.
working with khayal productions was huge addition to my career, I learned a lot through communicating and dealing with the different expertise present in khayal.”
Word from our Client :
"Khayal team was cooperative, and accommodated the team feedback at different stages of production, we actually recommended Khayal for other IOM units."
– Salwa (Community Engagement Officer IOM)
