Mother's Balls

In the middle of the Jordanian desert, a new tent city, Zaatari, has arisen. Through the eyes of four children, this exceptionally intimate and poetic film sees and feels what it is like to grow up in this unique locale.

Eleven-year-old Anne is a beautiful girl. The kind of girl you can’t take your eyes off. And the longer you look, the more you see her ‘tics’. Anne suffers from Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome. This makes her body do things she doesn’t want, such as suddenly spinning around or licking everything. Anne sometimes finds it hard to cope with her illness, especially in school. She’s afraid that others will bully her or laugh at her. Anne therefore tries to keep her tics in check, although that isn’t easy. She prefers ‘flying’ through life, so you won’t notice anything. When flying, she’s at her best. The youth documentary FLYING ANNE shows how Anne lives life with her tics. Tics that, in the end, she doesn’t want to lose either...

Aimée de Jongh, a renowned comic-book illustrator, travels to Lesbos to conduct research for her new book about Samir, a fictional Syrian boy.