Fire at Sea
Toronto International Film Festival
•
1h 53m
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi • Documentary • 2016 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Featuring Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Pietro Bartolo
An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature and winner of the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, "Fire at Sea" takes place in Lampedusa, a Mediterranean island and major entry point for refugees into Europe. Award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi masterfully juxtaposes these realities, providing a new understanding of the migrant crisis and the price of freedom.
Up Next in Toronto International Film Festival
-
The Forbidden Room
Directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson • Arthouse • 2015 • Canada • English
Starring Roy Dupuis, Claire Furey, Louis NeginSelected for the Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals, "The Forbidden Room" is Guy Maddin's ultimate epic phantasmagoria. Honoring classic cinema while electrocuting it with ene...
-
Free Zone
Directed by Amos Gitai • Drama • 2005 • Israel, France • English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish with English subtitles
Starring Natalie Portman, Hanna Laslo, Hiam AbbassRebecca, played by Natalie Portman, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna i...
-
The Garden
Directed by Derek Jarman • Arthouse • 1990 • UK • English
Starring Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Peter Lee-WilsonDirected by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton, this kaleidoscopic film shows the filmmaker’s genius at its most coruscating, featuring an over-the-top Hollywood-style musical nu...
