Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- harrowing
- intimate
- compassionate
- festival shorts program
- humanitarian film discussion
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The protagonist is a Syrian refugee girl trying to survive and escape during the Syrian civil war.
The film follows a girl navigating a massive exodus under wartime conditions.
Its ten-minute runtime presents an urgent survival and refuge-seeking journey in highly condensed form.
The plot explicitly places the girl within a massive exodus from the Syrian civil war.
Films like Mama, and why
The Breadwinner
shared focus on civilian displacement, wartime survival, and emotionally direct humanitarian drama
Flee
shared refugee perspective, war-torn setting, and child-centered survival narrative
In This World
shared anti-war humanism, refugee displacement, and intimate drama amid military conflict
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2017-11-11
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 0.0 / 10
Common questions
- What is Mama about?
- A Syrian refugee girl endures a perilous wartime exodus while searching for safety and a place to call home.
- What is Mama like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mama as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Mama violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Mama as moderate.
- Which films are like Mama?
- Films with a similar feel include The Breadwinner, Flee, and In This World.
- How long is Mama?
- Mama runs 10 minutes.
