In This World

For other uses, see In This World (disambiguation).

In This World
Directed byMichael Winterbottom
Written byTony Grisoni
Produced byAndrew Eaton
Anita Overland
StarringJamal Udin Torabi
Enayatullah
Nabil Elouahabi
Narrated byPaul Popplewell
Music byDario Marianelli
Production
company
Distributed byBBC
Release dates
  • 17 November 2002 (2002-11-17) (London)
  • 28 March 2003 (2003-03-28) (United Kingdom)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesDari
Pashto
Italian
English
BudgetUK£950,000

In This World is a 2002 British docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film follows two young Afghan refugees, Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah, as they leave a refugee camp in Pakistan for a better life in London. Since their journey is illegal, it is fraught with danger, and they must use back-channels, bribes, and smugglers to achieve their goal.

The film won the Golden Bear prize at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 57th British Academy Film Awards the film was nominated for Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film but lost to Touching the Void (directed by Kevin Macdonald).[1]

  1. ^ "No Disaster for 'Touching the Void '". BBC News. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2014.