LAMPEDUSA IN WINTER

By Jakob BROSSMANN

AUSTRIAN FILMS - as PROMO

Documentary - Completed 2015


Festivals
& Awards

Locarno 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA, ITALY, SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jakob BROSSMANN
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/70BD-6BF2-EF63-CE9C-9BD3-H
    • Synopsis
    • The Italian “refugee island” of Lampedusa is in the firm grip of winter's tristesse. Tourists have left, the remaining refugees fight to be taken to the mainland. As a fire destroys the worn down ferry, that connects the island to Italy, the mayor Giusi Nicolini and the local fishermen struggle for a new ship. The tiny community at the edge of Europe is engaged in a desperate struggle for solidarity with those who many consider the cause of the ongoing crisis: the African boat people.