Hakawati is a Berlin-based, non-profit collaboration with The Sundance Institute.


The project brings together cinema artists and refugee youth from Syria and other conflict zones. Professional artists mentor and inspire young refugees through creative workshops in screenwriting, acting, directing, cinematography, editing, and music composition.

Photo by Mohamad Badarne

As a meeting-point and a dynamic platform for storytelling, the brand identity fuses the boldness of the impactful cause to the playful aspect behind the process. Dissected letters expand into visual elements used across different applications to resonate words and voices of the stories being told.

June 2016