'A Family's Dream' is every migrant family's dream

Many migrants rebuild their lives in a foreign land fueled by the hopes for a better future and for many it isn't always an easy path

'The Filipino Family isn't just you, your partner and your children, your family includes people you left back home, your parents,siblings' K Sacdalan Source: Keshi Sacdalan

highlights

• The documentary was filmed during lockdown in 2020
• It tells the story of the Nasayao Family and the families they left behind in the Philippines
• Despite the comfortable life in Australia, many migrants still feel homesick and often longing to be reunited with their families back home

"A Family's Dream" is a short documentary by Filipino filmmaker Keshi Sacdalan. It tells the story of Nasayao family who migrated to Australia  

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'I just wanted to tell the story of the whole Nasayao family; as a migrant, my mom can relate to their story  because I witnessed how homesick and lonely she was to be apart from her family back in the Philippines' Keshi Sacdalan, writer & director, "A Family's Dream'

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