Fuocoammare (feStivale 2017)

Description

An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature and the first nonfiction film to ever win the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, Fuocoammare takes place in Lampedusa, a remote Mediterranean island that has become a major entry point for refugees into Europe. Here we meet Samuele, a 12-year-old boy from a local fishing family, and Dr. Bartolo, who treats the migrants upon their arrival. Nearby, we bear witness as thousands of men, women, and children risk their lives to make the brutal crossing from Africa. Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi masterfully juxtaposes these realities, jolting the audience into a new understanding of what is happening in the region, the heavy toll of the migrant crisis, and the price of freedom.