(August 22, 2016) “Fuocoammare” by Gianfranco Rosi will be one of the documentaries screened at the Ebs International Documentary Festival in Seoul. The film screening, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Seoul is scheduled for August 24 at 12:30 and August 27 at 18:00 at Arthouse Momo. The film, awarded the Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival, talks about Lampedusa through the eyes of Samuele, a young boy who goes to school, loves to play with his sling-shot that he built and hunting birds. He prefers playing on dry land even though he is surrounded by the sea and by the thousands of men, women and children who have tried to cross it in search of a better life and instead they often drown. Another character in the film is Dr. Pietro Bartolo, the director of the clinic in Lampedusa and is the first to treat every migrant that disembarks on the island. (Red)
