Awarded at this year's Berlinale Golden Bear, the newest movie master of social documentary - Gianfranco Rosi ( "Roman halo", "Room 164. Confession of a Murderer").

Lampedusa is a tiny island situated between Africa and Europe. Territorially belongs to Italy. During the year, it shoots for the more than 150 thousand. refugees from Africa, people seeking refuge from war and hunger. Many of them do not reach the goal. Makeshift boats and rafts sink rotten, depriving the lives of hundreds of people.

Rosi eyeing life on the island without assessing the attitudes of immigrants and those who will decide their fate (some, mostly residents of Tunisia, will be sent back to their homeland). Director interested in what people are massively arriving at Lampedusa. Attention is paid to both Africans and autochtonom. Problems first contrasts with the problems of others, just doing their priorities in life.

One and the other we manage to get to know. By the way, we learn how different definitions of certain terms, such as places on earth, home or homeland. Rosi does not put on the drama. Wola slowly, gently, without fireworks get what ignore the sensational media. "Fire At Sea" finally allows us to see visually what are those which roar newspapers and the Internet, and which really do not know anything. Rosi provides us with valuable and poignant meeting.
As she said in Berlin President of the jury Meryl Streep: This film is necessary and important, showing how great a role to play today's paper.