The Sea Won’t Scare Us

A story by Camille Toulmรฉ & Julien Goudicheau

A Refugeeโ€™s journey to the UK

Almost two decades after his brotherโ€™s death on the refugee trail in Europe, Daba follows in his footsteps, as a new conflict simmers in Sudan.

Daba finds himself stuck in Calaisโ€™s infamous refugee camp, The Jungle, from where he has tried to cross the English Channel over 200 times.

But Daba is burdened with another somber mission โ€“ to repatriate his brotherโ€™s body home.

When a full blown war breaks out in Sudan, jeopardizing his dream to reunite his brother with their family, Daba also realises there is no way back

About the directors

Julien Goudicheau

Julienย is a director. Correspondent in Africa for AFP, Julien has made numerous documentaries around the world. Thus ยซย Missionary in Mosul ยป is a good exemple broadcasted on the French national channel, France TV. In 2020, he directed ยซย Calais: door of the exodusย ยป for the international broadcaster Arte and his multi awarded documentary ยซย Confined outsideย ยป was shown in Clermont Ferrand, Namur and 12 other festivals.

Camille Toulmรฉ

Camille is a journalist and director, whose favorite subjects revolve around migration issues and the Arab world. She mainly worked for the international broadcaster Arte for whom she has covered censorship in Egypt, the first crossing of the Channel by exiles as well as the crisis of the pandemicโ€ฆ Gradually, she moved towards a more documentary approach to subjects as with her awarded film about a young Syrian refugee, called ยซ Rawa ยป.