Join us for a special screening of the award-winning documentary Through Our Eyes, at the Signet Library on 18 May 2023, followed by a conversation with the film’s BAFTA and IDFA winning director Samir Mehanović.

In sequences filmed over four years, Samir gives a personal insight into the human catastrophe of the Syrian conflict. A Muslim refugee himself, Samir fled Bosnia in the 1990s and settled in the UK. Drawing on his own experience of claiming asylum, he travels to meet Syrian refugees in camps, on trains and in their new countries of exile, to understand the lives of families fleeing their homes. Featuring original music by renowned British composer, Nigel Osborne MBE, Through Our Eyes is a vivid examination of the consequences of war and displacement, which western media often fail to convey. Samir’s documentary has renewed applicability to the dangers and adversity now facing the people of Ukraine.

Following the screening, Samir with be in conversation with Joyce McMillan. Joyce is theatre critic of The Scotsman, and also writes a political and social commentary column for the paper. Joyce has been involved in many campaigns for democracy and human rights, both in Scotland and internationally.

This event is open to all and coincides with the WS Society’s Immigration and Asylum Symposium on the same date – more information and booking for the Symposium here.

Film tickets: £10.00