Borders

A film about borders and border checkpoints poetically following the people that come into contact with them one way or another Borders is about men and women dreaming of a better life in Europe and the high price they often have to pay for it if they succeed at all Without taking an immediate moral stance the film follows the route that many immigrants take from the heart of Africa to the centre of Europe stopping at each border Nigeria Niger Burkina Faso Mali Senegal Mauritania Morocco Spain France Belgium and finally the Netherlands