DANGER ZONE

By Vita DRYGAS

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Documentary - Completed 2023

Danger Zone is a front-row, unfiltered, look at the global war tourism industry. Weaving in different perspectives and narratives, there are no easy answers presented when two worlds collide: between the wealthy, privileged and the safe and the helpless caught in conflicts they have no control over.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2023
IDFA 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, POLAND
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Vita DRYGAS
    • Synopsis
    • In the competitive world of tourism, there's very few experiences that are out of bounds. Danger Zone explores the world of war tourism, catering to a growing market for ever more rare and extreme experiences. Tourists are promised frontline action, with real ammo, real battles, and real danger.

      War has become a luxury product, a commodity that can be bought and sold, and tour operators are desperate to get into the growing business. This morally ambiguous tourist industry leads to the collision of two very different worlds, between these thrill-seeking tourists and the people caught in the cross-hairs of conflict, who are not afforded the luxury and privilege of choice. Danger Zone asks: what are the tourists left with on reflection, is there a realisation of how lucky they are merely as a result of where they were born? Do those who inhabit conflict areas, through no choice of their own, perceive in these tourists a hope for a peaceful life? Or, is it purely a one-sided interaction where no one wins and no one learns?