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Apr 17, 2020 · THR review: 'Wake Up on Mars,' a debut documentary, delves into one family's experience of "resignation syndrome," a mysterious affliction affecting hundreds of children whose families are caught ...
Jun 17, 2021 · Wake Up on Mars: Directed by Dea Gjinovci. Two teenage sisters lie in a vegetative state in the small Swedish home of their Kosovar family, the cause of their mysterious malady, known as "resignation syndrome," entwined with their personal trauma experienced as refugees.
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Apr 21, 2020 · As the Demiris continue to navigate immigration laws, Furkhan’s quest to blast off becomes still bigger and “Wake Up on Mars” leans away from the earthbound drama at its heart. That Furkhan ...
In her feature documentary, “Wake Up on Mars,” Swiss-Albanian filmmaker Dea Gjinovci examines the plight of a Kosovar refugee family in Sweden whose two daughters, afflicted by resignation ...
Apr 26, 2020 Full Review Alex Saveliev Film Threat Dea Gjinovci displays the assurance and skill of a much more seasoned director with her ineffaceable debut, the pseudo-documentary Wake Up on Mars.
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May 18, 2020 · Throughout “Wake Up on Mars,” which Gjinovci was inspired to make upon reading Rachel Aviv’s 2017 New Yorker article, “The Trauma of Facing Deportation,” she tries to merge these two ...
Apr 24, 2020 · When “Wake Up on Mars” director Dea Gjinovci read a 2017 New Yorker article about a pair of teenage refugees suffering from a mysterious coma-like condition, the young director knew she had to ...
