[D66] 66th Berlin International Film Festival

[J.N.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_at_Sea

On 02/27/2016 08:42 AM, J.N. wrote:
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>         66th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 2:
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>     A critique of Europe’s refugee policy: On the Berlinale’s Golden
>     Bear for /Fire at Sea/
>     <http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/27/ber2-f27.html>
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>           By Bernd Reinhardt
>           27 February 2016
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> This is the second in a series of articles on the recent Berlin
> international film festival, the Berlinale, held February 11-20, 2016.
> Part 1 <http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/22/ber1-f22.html> was
> posted February 22.
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> The Golden Bear award at this year’s Berlinale went to /Fuocoammare/
> (/Fire At S/ea). For the first time in 60 years, a documentary film
> secured the top award in the competition. The jury thereby not only
> selected an artistically outstanding film, but also took a highly
> political decision, since the documentary deals with the refugee
> crisis on Lampedusa, an issue which is currently engaging millions of
> people and threatening to tear apart the European Union.
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> /Fire At Sea/ is the title of an Italian hit song from the 1950s,
> based on the Second World War and the dangerous conditions for
> fishermen who went to sea during artillery fire.
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> Italian director Gianfranco Rosi focuses on a current war front:
> Europe’s border with the war-torn countries of the Middle East and
> North Africa—a region thousands of people flee from, and risk the
> dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
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