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.
- Director
- Iva Radivojevic
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- USA, Cyprus
- Year
- 2014
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 73'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Greek, Arabic, English
- Producers
- Landon Van Soest, Leandros Savvides
- Production Companies
- Transient Pictures, Lea Est Mundi
- Sales
- Ivaasks
- Screenplay
- Iva Radivojevic
- Cinematography
- Iva Radivojevic, Giorgos Ioannou
- Editor
- Iva Radivojevic
- Music
- Alexander Berne, Stian Westerhus, Sandy Bour, Monsieur Doumani
- Website
- http://evaporatingborders.com