The Siege of Paradise
Ireland / Switzerland, June 2026
FILM,
Documentary,
82 min.
- directed by
- Gar O'Rourke
- Written by
- Gar O'Rourke
- Status
- In distribution
In Cinque Terre on Italy’s northern Riviera, fewer than three thousand locals contend with over four million tourists each summer. Across one chaotic season, six very different lives play out in parallel, revealing a sharply funny and surprisingly tender story of paradise under pressure in the age of social-media driven tourism.
credits
- World Premiere
- June 2026
- Original Version
- Italian, English (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 82 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0007-2FE8-0000-T-0000-0000-O
- Production
- Venom, Dynamic Frame GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Andrew Freedman, Ken Wardrop, Jessie Hayden, Philipp Ritler, Luzius Fischer
- directed by
- Gar O'Rourke
- Written by
- Gar O'Rourke
- Cinematography
- Lukas Gut
- Editing
- John Murphy
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- MetFilm Sales Ltd.