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World Film Collective Interview With The Worldwide Tribe

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Sade Giliberti from World Film Collective met with Jaz O’Hara from The Worldwide Tribe. In this interview they discuss how the online blogger and her brothers began aiding refugees in Calais, Lesvos and the Hungarian Border.

You Want Coffee?

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

In this video poem, Abu Walid expresses his feelings about his “safe space” and “home” tent within a desperate refugee camp. The film is revealing of the trauma and depression felt by many residents of the camp, and the human desire to build a home wherever we find ourself.

Tear Gas in The Jungle

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

This film captures the turmoil in the camp when a group of refugees tried to board lorries crossing the channel to Britain. Police responded by firing tear gas and one man was hurt.

World Film Collective Interview with Calais Sessions

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Vanessa a cellist with The Allegri String Quartet and Bogdan an International Romanian Violinist both part of The Calais Sessions, spoke to World Film Collective about their recent NGO project to find musical talent in the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp.

Saleh’s Tent

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Saleh was one of 250-300 syrian refugees living in the refugee camp in Calais at any given time in September 2015. In this film, Saleh takes the viewer on a tour of his tent, and home, within the camp.

A Trip to Belgium

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Made by brothers, Ibrahim and Ahmed from Syria, this is an account of Ibrahim’s trip from ‘The Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais to Belgium. Originally from Halib in Syria, Ahmed and Ibrahim were residents of the camp in September – November 2015. Ibrahim recounts his experience hiding under the axle of a lorry, which he […]

Advice from Liz about Volunteering in the Calais Refugee Camp

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Liz is an independent volunteer with her own van. She came to Calais to help. Every day she loads up her van with donations from the warehouses and distributes them to residents. Often she does this outside the cafe where we were teaching, which is where we met. Liz’s advice may be useful for anyone […]

Fences

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

A key feature of the Calais refugee camp is the increasingly intimidating presence of tall fences. These mark the edge of the camp and the french border. Each night, the residents of the camp climb the fences in an attempt to cross the border into the UK. Many are injured in the process, arriving back […]

Eid in The Jungle

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

The Muslim celebration of Eid is like Christmas. In the camp however, there was a feeling of sadness as many were spending the day without their families, surrounded by squalor with dwindling hope of ever reaching Britain. Despite this, some men in the Afghan section hooked up a speaker and started to dance.

Osama Qashoo tells the story of today

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Osama Qashoo, tutor on WFC project: Calais SPEAKS, talks about one student who was injured while shooting during a confrontation with police in the camp after lorries bound for Britain got stuck in traffic on the bridge above and people from the camp tried to board them.

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