Freedom – Le Destin de Shewit
- In theatres08.10.2026
- Production year2026
- CountrySwitzerland
- Length88'
- LanguageFrench, Bilen
- ProductionIntermezzo Films, Good Story
- DirectorAnne-Frédérique Widmann
- CastShewit Tekie, Melete Solomon, Eliane Ruckstuhl
- Age restriction12
- Festivals
Solothurn Film Festival – Panorama Feature Film section – Nominated for the Prix Public
FIFDH - Compétition internationale Focus
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Story
To escape oppression and a haunting past, Shewit, risking her life, fled Eritrea. At the age of 15, after having been imprisoned by human traffickers in Libya, she finally reaches Switzerland, the country where she has placed all her hopes. Seven years later, she still does not have a permit, her fate resting in the hands of the Swiss authorities. A migrant in amnesty, threatened with deportation, Shewit maintains her fight to achieve her dream: to become a free woman. A battle for her emancipation, filmed over the course of a decade.
Promotional Partners:
Coordination asile.ge | Centre Social Protestant Genève | Effe | SolidaritéS NE | Service de l’intégration Chaux de fonds | Espace Femmes Yverdon | Centre Social Protestant Lausanne | HEKS/EPER | REDIDA | Office de l’asile du Valais | Hospice Gérale de Genève | Schweizerische Beobachtungsstelle für Asyl- und Ausländerrecht | Commune Grand-Saconnex | Amnesty CH-FR | Amnesty CH-IT
Special Screenings