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Across

Ji Kim / Jemen / 2026 / 90 min

Across follows a war crime case in Yemen to show how a war is forgotten by another war with lacking accountability. Cannelle, a human rights lawyer at ECCHR in Berlin works on a war crime case in Yemen. Despite the clear evidence, holding the European arms exporters accountable is not an easy task. STOP RWM, an anti-military group in Sardinia seeks to tackle a weapon factory on their island, RWM, a subsidiary of RheinMetall, for being involved in a civilian killing case. Jamal, a Yemeni refugee in South Korea, films himself striving to survive with his family in an xenophobic country.

Credits

Year 2026
Production Country Jemen
Runtime 90 min
Languages English, Italian, German, South Korean
Director Ji Kim

IMPACT    STATEMENT

Across highlights the theater of war and shifts the focus from a binary debate on arms exports to the question of how to strengthen civic control over remilitarization.

IMPACT    GOALS

  1. Initiate a shift from binary question on arms export to how to strengthen the civic control over the remilitarisation through special screenings.
  2. Use the film to open the investigation/legal procedure led by ECCHR and the ICC.
  3. Fundraise for protagonist to open Yemeni restaurant in South Korea.
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