Just a few months ago, Swedish photojournalist Magnus Wennman won over hearts on the internet with his photo documentation " Where the Children Sleep," where he showed us where refugee children put their heads at night.
One of the children featured in his exhibition drew him in further. And that's when he decided to tell her story to the world through a short film, Fatima's Drawings. That film just won an award for "Best Digital News Story" at the 2016 Visa pour l'Image, an international photojournalism festival in southern France.
The 5-minute film depicts the life of a young Syrian refugee's journey to Sweden.
In the film, Wennman tells the story of Fatima, who together with her mother and two siblings were forced to flee their war-stricken home in the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria.
Fatima now lives in the city of Norberg, Sweden. Through her drawings, she details her tragic journey from Syria to Sweden.
"At first I didn’t really know how to tell her story because I wasn’t there when she escaped from Syria… I was thinking how can I both tell her story about her new life in Sweden and tell her story about escaping Syria," Wennman said .
Fatima had to watch some of the harshest things happen while on a boat
And eventually grew to dislike the sea
The film hits a soft spot.