“An emotional experience to envelop viewers, and slowly but surely, seep into their bones”
“My Sweet Land reveals the way that the war robs boys of their childhoods”
“Shifting Focus from Political Agendas To the Real Faces of Conflict”
“Sareen Hairabedian understood that to really look at a war in a media-saturated culture in “My Sweet Land,” it isn’t entirely necessary these days to actually show it.”
“I hope one day, I can teach you to love a place, the way Vrej and his family loved their land.”
"Hairabedian patiently captures all this with an intimacy that stems from trust.”
“Assured debut feature!”
"It’s a haunting, beautiful film that lingers long after the final frame."
“A powerful, urgent and intimate exploration of inter-generational trauma”
– Cinerama
“My Sweet Land is not just a movie about the ‘relevance’ of the present, it’s a movie that speaks to existence in time immemorial.”
“It’s a stark look at the unfortunate normalization of horrors no eleven-year-old should ever have to endure.”
“You will be moved.”
“Poignant” “Lyrical” “Heartbreaking”
– Variety
“ My Sweet Land does many things. And it does them in a cinematic, empathic and fascinating way
“Powerful and moving”
“It is a sobering and yet eye-opening documentary about the price children pay in wartime.”
“What makes the film stand out for me is that unlike other recent war docs the film is not really focused on the actual war but on the people caught between the warring factions.”
“Jordan Selects Doc ‘My Sweet Land’ For International Feature Film Race.”
– Deadline
“The notion of “homeland” in a globalised world might sound outdated, but only to those who have voluntarily chosen a vagabond’s life. For the ones who have lost the privilege to choose where to live, and especially to stay in the place they were born, the concept of a native land has taken on the hyperbolised dimensions of a dream.”