Lampedusa in Berlin - film screening at ZEF

February 18, 2015 | 17:30 h - 19:00 h

Alternative Wednesdays at ZEF presents the film:

"Lampedusa in Berlin" with a Q&A session with director Mauro Mondello

(duration 25.35 mins, mainly english with english subtitles)

Venue: Right conference room (ZEF), Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn

Date/Time: Wednesday 18th February, 2015, starting at 17.30

About the film: 

In February 2013 the Italian government declares the end of the so-called "North Africa emergency". Thousands of refugees are left alone, without jobs, food or housing. The government offers refugees 500 Euros and a special permit to travel through the Schengen area of Europe as an incentive to leave Italy. Many of them accept this sum and continue to live in Italy homeless. Some refugees move illegally to France. A few of them decide to reach Germany and then set up a protest camp in Berlin at Oranienplatz.  Lampedusa in Berlin is the story of these human beings, struggling for their lives.

About the Director:

Mauro Mondello (b. 1982, Messina, Italy) is a free lance journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker.  He works as a correspondent for La Repubblica, Avvenire, Radio Rai, Panorama, Rivista Studio, East, Zeit Magazine among others, mainly covering the Middle East area.  In 2011 he followed the Arab Revolutions in Syria, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt.  His documentaries include Stateless, in collaboration with videomaker Nunzio Gringeri, a study of Tunisia's Shousha refugee camp.

Watch the official trailer <link http: vimeo.com external link in new>here.