Fire at Sea

by Gianfranco Rosi

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Runtime: 108′

In Fire at Sea, acclaimed director Gianfranco Rosi turns his attention to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa and the effects of the ongoing migrant crisis on the tiny community. Shown from the perspective of the island’s inhabitants, the film uses their lives as a narrative tool through which to explore this global crisis. The documentary contrasts the tough but essentially content settled conditions of the Lampedusans with the terrifying uncertainty experienced by the incomers.

The film was introduced by:

  • Mr Eugenio Ambrosi, Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration’s office to the EU, Norway and Switzerland
  • Mr Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Mrs Deborah Seward, Director of the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe, Brussels

 

This screening was organised by the United Nations, the European Economic and Social Committee and the International Organization for Migration.

The film was in Italian with English subtitles

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