When does helping someone in need become a crime? From Compassion to Crime follows three people who offered help to refugees and are now facing criminal prosecution as a result. What began for them as a natural humanitarian act has suddenly pitted them against the police, the justice system and the law.

Filmmaker Stanzen Jelsma explores how aid to refugees is increasingly finding itself caught in a legal dilemma. Through three personal stories, the documentary raises fundamental questions about solidarity, responsibility and the line between what is legally permitted and what people consider morally necessary.

A compelling documentary about what happens when compassion and the law come into conflict.

With aftertalk

In collaboration with huisvandeMens, Compagnie Cordial, Masereelfonds Kortrijk en Avansa.