Mediterranea (film)

Movie
German title	Mediterranea
Original title	Mediterranea
Country of production	Italy , France , Germany , United States , Qatar
original language	Italian , French , Arabic , English
Publishing year	2015
length	107 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Jonas Carpignano
script	Jonas Carpignano
production	Jason Michael Berman ; Chris Columbus ; Jon Coplon ; Christoph Daniel ; Andrew Kortschak ; John Lesher; Ryan Lough ; Justin Nappi ; Alain Peyrollaz ; Gwyn Sannia ; Marc Schmidheiny ; Victor Shapiro ; Ryan Zacarias
music	Benh Zeitlin ; Dan Romer
camera	Wyatt Garfield
cut	Nico Luenen ; Affonso Gonçalves
occupation
	Koudous Seihon : Ayiva; Alassane Sy : Abas; Pio Amato : Pio; Davide Schipilliti : Rocco;

Mediterranea is a film drama of the Italian-American director Jonas Carpignano from the year 2015 . The film celebrated its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and opened in German cinemas on October 15, 2015.

action

The film tells the story of the two friends Ayiva and Abas, who want to migrate to Europe from Burkina Faso . After their tug boat capsized, the Italian coast guard rescued them and found shelter in Rosarno . While Ayiva is slowly finding her way in her new home, Abas is becoming increasingly neglected and desperate. When violent riots break out in the city, their lives are put to the test.

background

The film explores the background to the unrest in Rosarno in 2010, in which African immigrants were shot and 67 people were injured. Director Jonas Carpignano had already addressed the unrest in his previous short films. All of the actors in the film are themselves migrants who live in the region and whose experiences Carpignano incorporated into the script.

A total of eleven production companies from five different countries were involved in the making of the film.

Awards

Preselection for the LUX Film Prize 2015
Film Prize of the Council of Europe (FACE Award) 2016

Web links

Mediterranea in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Mediterranea . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2015 (PDF; test number: 154 191 K).
↑ Kurz, Joachim: 'Mediterranea' . In: kino-zeit.de . Retrieved October 6, 2015.
↑ 'Mediterranea - Official website for the film' . DCM. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Mediterranea . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2015 (PDF; test number: 154 191 K).

[2] Kurz, Joachim: 'Mediterranea' . In: kino-zeit.de . Retrieved October 6, 2015.

[3] 'Mediterranea - Official website for the film' . DCM. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.