Terms of use which changed in the united states and canada on 041420. The film was nominated for the academy award for best documentary feature at the 89th academy awards. Find out where fire at sea is streaming, if fire at sea is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Berlin film festival awards top prize to refugee crisis documentary fire at sea. At a glance, gianfranco rosis fire at sea looks like a fairly basic currentevents documentary. We see this through beautiful, breathtaking long shots of lampedusa and its vast views of the sea. Fire at sea reveals the subtle connections between the micro and macro realities of our globalized world. Fire at sea was submitted to the academy for best foreign language film as well as for best documentary it was nominated for the latter. The oscarnominated italian documentary fire at sea is more than a story about the migrant crisis.
Like all boys of his age he does not always enjoy going to school. Fire at sea follows two groups of subjects, one whose past traditions are in question and one whose present geographical placement is unknown. Watch fire at sea full movie in hd visit movie 377151 capturing life on the italian island of lampedusa, a frontline in the europ. 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, fire at sea takes place in lampedusa, a remote mediterranean island that has become a major entry point for refugees into europe. Told from the perspective of several of the residents living on the italian island of lampedusa. Before you pay a visit to cinemas, youd better take a close look at fire at sea fuocoammare here. Its the closest european landmass to libya and tunisia, and boats loaded with african migrants regularly cross the mediterranean attempting to reach its shore. How italys gianfranco rosi made the stunning oscar.
The resulting documentary focuses on 12yearold samuele, a local boy who loves to hunt with his slingshot and spend time on land even though he hails from a culture steeped in the sea. His 2016 film fire at sea, a documentary focused on european migrant crisis on the sicilian island of lampedusa, won the golden bear at the 66th berlin international film festival. Stitched together, these affecting vignettes and others make up the noteworthy oscarnominated documentary, fire at sea fuocoammare. Gianfranco rosis berlin golden bear winning documentary follows a 12yearold boy who lives on the lampedusa island in the middle of the sea.
Fire at sea captures the quiet details of life on lampedusa the migrants themselves pass through the film almost too quickly for individual lives to be registered, except one nigerian who tells. Samuele is twelve and lives on an island in the mediterranean, far away from the mainland. I only knew what the brief logline on the criterion channel had told me, so i expected a lot of time spent with the refugees fleeing to europe from northern africa. He likes land games, even though everything around him speaks of the sea. 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, fire at. In fire at sea, glimpse the migrant crisis from the. Fire at sea is a documentary that could change the world if the right people see it, and all intelligent and engaged viewers who experience it will not be left unchanged. Fire at sea is a harrowing look at the everyday horrors. The resulting documentary focuses on 12yearold samuele, a local boy who loves to hunt with his slingshot and spend time on land even though he hails from a.
A kino lorber releaseincludes a post film conversation with director gianfranco rosi hosted by anne thompson, editoratlarge at indiewire. He still believes in a cinema of contradictions, irresolvabilities, poetic recombinations, art from reality, human understanding from observation and montage. This fascinating, remarkable film has an innate artistry not usually associated with many documentaries. But, paolo sorrentinos soreness notwithstanding, this is a pertinent gesture, one. With samuele pucillo, mattias cucina, samuele caruana, pietro bartolo. The reaction to this from certain italian fiction filmmakers has been not unlike the consternation certain novelists have expressed about bob dylan being awarded the nobel prize for literature. Fire at sea to get capri fests european movie of the year award the golden bearwinning documentary on the refugee crisis, italys official submission for the foreignlanguage film oscar. Fire at sea, gianfranco rosis documentary about the ongoing european migrant crisis, has been progressively gaining critical and widespread appeal since its debut at the berlin film. Rosi might be the best documentarian in the world, and thats not just because he shot the profound, metaphorical, utterly breathtaking fire at sea essentially by himself. Set on and around lampedusa, an island 70 miles east from the african coast and 120 miles south from sicily, the film juxtaposes the islanders quotidian lives with those of the african refugees. His film is an impressionistic tour of an italian island turned upside down. It won the golden bear at the 66th berlin international film festival. Instead of raising awareness, gianfranco rosi cultivates alertness.
Gianfranco rosi fire at sea official trailer 1 2016 documentary capturing life on the italian island of lampedusa, a frontline in the european migrant crisis. The opening titles of gianfranco rosis new documentary fire at sea state that 400,000 migrants have landed on the sicilian island of lampedusa in the past 20 years, having braved the perilous voyage across the mediterranean from africa, and that 15,000 have died. It was also selected as the italian entry for the best foreign language film at the awards but it was not. The first documentary to ever win the top award at the berlin international film festival, fire at sea takes place in lampedusa, a once peaceful mediterranean island that has become a major entry. The first documentary to ever win the top award at the berlin international film festival, fire at sea takes place in lampedusa, a once peaceful mediterranean. Fire at sea official trailer 1 2016 documentary youtube. The rca victor symphony orchestra conducted by robert russell bennett. What fire at sea appears to be and what it is are not the same thing, and its that difference that makes it a masterful documentary. Awardwinning filmmaker gianfranco rosi masterfully juxtaposes these realities, jolting the. Shortly thereafter, we see an elderly italian woman preparing lunch in her kitchen. Opting for an observational mode that is nevertheless highly stylized, rosi understands that an urgent frontline missive neednt be ugly.
Intense material in remarkable, multilayered documentary. Capturing life on the italian island of lampedusa, a frontline in the european migrant crisis. In fire at sea, glimpse the migrant crisis from the heart of mediterranean filmmaker gianfranco rosi talks about his documentary fire at sea. Rent fire at sea 2016 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Rent fire at sea 2016 starring samuele puccilo and mattias cucina on dvd and bluray. Fire at sea is not the documentary youd expect about. Pdf fire at sea fuocoammare, directed and produced by. Fire at sea 2016 full movie download full hd youtube. The symphonic suite of music from the 1952 nbc wwii documentary proved to be as durable and as popular as the television series itself. This italian documentary is the official submission from that country for the next academy awards.
There, we meet samuele, a 12yearold boy who lives simply, climbing rocks by the shore and. The first documentary to ever win the top award at the berlin international film festival, fire at sea takes place in lampedusa, a once peaceful mediterranean island that has become a major entry point for african refugees into europe. Fuocoammare is a 2016 italian documentary film directed by gianfranco rosi. However, the release date of fire at sea in north america market will be seven months later than its initial release date, falling on october 20, 2016.
Samuele is 12 years old and lives on an island in the middle of the sea. Rosi shot the film entirely on and off the coast of lampedusa, a small italian island located 127 miles southwest of sicily. There, we meet samuele, a 12yearold boy who lives simply, climbing rocks by the shore and playing with his slingshot. Its a stunning work of art, but an even more laudatory work of. Fire at sea is a documentary set on the italian island of lampedusa, which has become a critical. Colourist andrea orsini reveals the ways in which di can craft nonfiction through his work on oscarnominated fire at sea when we think of colour grading, a documentary may not be the obvious medium of choice to show off, especially not one like fire at sea its hardly your typical bbc fare. Where journalism leaves off, fire at sea fuocoammare begins. Screen international lee marshall a powerful, at times shocking but also intensely human documentary. Gianfranco rosi fire at sea official trailer 1 2016 documentary capturing life on the italian island of lampedusa, a frontline in. Paris for a film that makes use of long silences, gianfranco rosis documentary fire at sea, about the tiny italian island of lampedusa for years the european point of arrival for. It takes a unique documentary filmmaker like gianfranco rosi to capture the drama through the periscope of his camera focused on the.
The film was released on february, 2016 in berlin and on february 18, 2016 in italy. Mattias cucina, pietro bartolo, samuele pucillo the documentary captures life on the italian island of lampedusa, a frontline in the european migrant crisis. Samuele is twelve and lives on an island in the fire at sea international documentary association. He goes to school, loves shooting his slingshot and going hunting. Fire at sea is not the documentary youd expect about the migrant.