Carol Moore Films

The Farther, The Dearer (2006)
Funded by NESTA and completion funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Community Relations Council

Director/Producer: Carol Moore
Editor: Kevin McDonald

NOMINATED FOR THE "SPIRIT OF HUMANITY AWARD" IN THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM SECTION OF THE SAN JOAQUIN FILM FESTIVAL HAPPENING IN JUNE 2008

Film Festival screenings: Big Sky Documentary Film Festiva (USA), Belfast Film Festival (N. Ireland), San Joaquin Film Festival (USA)

The dream of independence for Lativa came in 1991 but it has become an economic nightmare as families struggle to find a quality of life in a new market economy. Aleksej Fedjukovs, a migrant worker from Seda, paid an agency to find him a job anywhere in Europe. It happened to be Belfast. The Farther, The Dearer is a personal insight into sacrifice, patience and hope and follows Aleksej over a year and a half as he works to get his young family settled in Ireland.

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