Mediterranea (2015)
Um eine neue Existenzgrundlage in Europa zu finden und so auch besser für seine Tochter und seine Schwester sorgen zu können, verlässt Ayiva sein Heimatland Burkina Faso. Über Kontakte zu einem Schmugglerring schafft er es gemeinsam mit seinem besten Freund Abas auf ein Flüchtlingsboot. Als dieses allerdings kentert, kostet es die beiden viel Kraft, lebend an die italienische Küste zu kommen. Dort müssen sie dann auch feststellen, dass die harte Realität für afrikanische Einwanderer in Italien weitaus düsterer aussieht, als sie es sich anhand der enthusiastischen Nachrichten ihres Freundes Mades ausgemalt hatten. Dennoch gelingt es den beiden nach einiger Zeit, sich trotz aller Widrigkeiten allmählich einzuleben. Doch bringen aufkommende fremdenfeindliche Unruhen die Freunde schon bald in große Gefahr...
Der Regisseur: Jonas Carpignano
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Koudous Seihon as Ayiva |
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Alassane Sy as Abas |
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Francesco Papasergio as Mommo |
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Pio Amato as Pio |
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Vincenzina Siciliano as Marta |
| Directing | Jonas Carpignano | Director |
| Writing | Jonas Carpignano | Writer |
| Production | Brooke Bernard | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Damien Tronchot | Sound |
| Art | Marco Ascanio Viarigi | Set Designer |
| Editing | Nico Leunen | Editor |
| Editing | Affonso Gonçalves | Editor |
| Editing | Sanabel Chiraqoui | Editor |
| Art | Jasmine Ballou Jones | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lorenzo Nicolosi | Set Decoration |
| Art | Alan Lampert | Art Direction |
| Camera | Constance Meyer | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Alessio Sera | Underwater Camera |
| Camera | Tim Curtin | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Margot Seban | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Nicolas Becker | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Mirko Zamperla | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Paolo Nanni | Art Direction |
| Sound | Julien Perez | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lighting | Caleb Seppala | Best Boy Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nicoletta Taranta | Costume Design |
| Sound | Giuseppe Tripodi | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandra Di Lorenzo | Key Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Gwyn Sannia | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Mélanie Akoka | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Amanda Nohrborg | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | John David Devirgiliis | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Frédéric Vidal | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jason Michael Berman | Producer |
| Production | Juliet Berman | Co-Producer |
| Production | Eleanor Columbus | Producer |
| Production | Chris Columbus | Producer |
| Camera | Wyatt Garfield | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jon Coplon | Producer |
| Sound | Benh Zeitlin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Dan Romer | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Christoph Daniel | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Kortschak | Producer |
| Production | John Lesher | Producer |
| Production | Ryan Lough | Producer |
| Production | Justin Nappi | Producer |
| Production | Alain Peyrollaz | Producer |
| Production | Gwyn Sannia | Producer |
| Production | Marc Schmidheiny | Producer |
| Production | Victor Shapiro | Producer |
| Production | Ryan Zacarias | Producer |