The Mediterranean island Cyprus, that forms an easy access to Europe, is a favourite destination for people smugglers. The tensions caused by a massive flood of immigrants can be felt strongly here.
Iva Radivojevic tries to fathom the loss of identity, the memories and collective history linked to large-scale immigration and which often form the breeding ground for discrimination and xenophobia.
This essay in five parts dissects the experience of asylum seekers in Cyprus: A PLO activist and exile from Iraq is denied asylum within 15 minutes; neo-nazi fundamentalists roam the streets in an attack on Muslim migrants; activists and academics organise an antifascist rally and clash with the neo-nazis; 195 migrants drown in the Mediterranean.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Cyprus, USA
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 73"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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