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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/27/2016 08:42 AM, J.N. wrote:<br>
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<h4>66th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 2:</h4>
<h2><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/27/ber2-f27.html">A
critique of Europe’s refugee policy: On the Berlinale’s Golden
Bear for <em>Fire at Sea</em></a></h2>
<h5> By Bernd Reinhardt <br>
27 February 2016 </h5>
<p>This is the second in a series of articles on the recent Berlin
international film festival, the Berlinale, held February 11-20,
2016. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/22/ber1-f22.html">Part
1</a> was posted February 22.<br>
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<p>The Golden Bear award at this year’s Berlinale went to <em>Fuocoammare</em>
(<em>Fire At S</em>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.</p>
<div class="imageFull" style="width:480px; oveflow:hidden;"><em>Fire
At Sea</em> 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.</div>
<p>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.</p>
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