Miraggio

Mirage

Switzerland, September 2020
FILM, Documentary, 86 min.

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directed by
Nina Stefanka
Written by
Nina Stefanka
Status
In distribution

The film accompanies five refugees from West Africa upon their arrival in Italy. Their journey remains a year-long odyssey in which they are exposed to a vacuum of waiting. Only their reflection on their longing for a better life, the disillusionment they will soon experience and their lost homeland form the stability that runs like a red thread through the haunting portraits of the protagonists.

“Miraggio” accompagna cinque rifugiati provenienti dall’Africa occidentale dopo lo sbarco in Italia, osservandoli durante la loro odissea di lunghi anni di attesa segnati dal vuoto. Dalle riflessioni dei protagonisti emerge come unico filo conduttore o unica costante il desiderio di una vita migliore, la pronta disillusione e non da ultimo la patria lasciata alle spalle.

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World Premiere
September 2020
Original Version
Italian, English, Bambara (english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 86 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-53FC-0000-W-0000-0000-F
Production
Cinédokké Sagl, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Michela Pini
directed by
Nina Stefanka
Written by
Nina Stefanka
Cinemato­graphy
Marco Barberi, Greta De Lazzaris
Editing
Cécile Welter
Location Sound Mix
Philipp Koller, Alberto Parodi, Gianmarco Palluzzi
Sound Design
Peter Bräker
Re-Recording Mix
Jacques Kieffer
Music
Balz Bachmann

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Cinédokké Sagl

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
cinefile.ch VOD
Switzerland
First Hand Films GmbH Distribution
Release date: 08.12.2021
Switzerland
filmingo VOD

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