Í þessari stórbrotnu heimildamynd sem vann Gullbjörnin, aðalverðlaun kvikmyndahátíðarinnar Berlinale 2016, er sýnt frá lífi fólks á Ítölsku eyjunni Lampedusa, sem er staðsett í framlínu flóttamannastraums sem nú geysar í heiminum í dag.

Myndin er framlag Ítalíu til Óskarsverðlaunanna 2017. 

Myndin fær fullt hús stiga víða.. “masterly and moving look at the migrant crisis”-  ★★★★★ The Guardian

English

In this stellar documentary, Gianfranco Rosi contrasts the lives of the desperate thousands landing on the shores of a Sicilian island with the everyday existence of the locals.

It won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Meryl Streep, chair of the Berlin jury, called the film “a daring hybrid of captured footage and deliberate storytelling that allows us to consider what documentary can do. It is urgent, imaginative and necessary filmmaking.”

“masterly and moving look at the migrant crisis”-  ★★★★★ The Guardian

Italy has announced FUOCOAMMARE as their official candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race 2017.