MEDITERRANEA BY JONAS CARPIGNANO
Synopsis
Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.
Original title: Mediterranea English title: Mediterranea Countries: Italy, France, USA, Germany, Qatar Production year: 2015 Length: 107 min
CAST
Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy, Mary Elizabeth Innocent
CREW
Director: Jonas Carpignano Screenplay: Jonas Carpignano Producers: Jon Coplon, Gwyn Sannia, Jason Michael Berman, Chris Colombus, Christoph Daniel, Andrew Kortschak, John Lesher, Ryan Lough, Justin Nappi, Alain Peyrollaz, Marc Schmidheiny, Victor Shapiro, Ryan Zacarias Co-Producer: Andrea Gamboa
Director of Photography: Wyatt Garfield Production Design: Marco Ascanio Viarigi Editor: Nico Leunen, Affonso Gonçalves, Snabbel Chiraqoui Sound: Damien Tronchot
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Critics Week Official Selection
Munich Film Festival
One Future Prize - Honorable Mention
Cairo International Film Festival
Best Film and Best Actor (Koudous Seihon)
Stockholm Film Festival
Best Actor, Best First Film, Telia Film Award, Bronze Horse
Zurich Film Festival
Special Mention for International Feature Film
AFI Fest
Nominated for the Audience Award for New Auteurs
Black Reel Awards
Nominated for Outstanding Foreign Film
Gotham Awards
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Hamptons International Film Festival
Nominated Golden Starfish Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Nominated for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Male Lead
National Board of Review, USA
NBR Award for Best Directorial Debut, Top Five Foreign Language Film
Jonas Carpignano
Director / Producer
Jonas Carpignano spent his childhood between Rome and New York City. He began making films at Wesleyan University and after graduating continued working on film sets in Italy and the US. His work as a director has been shown around the world and has won awards at prestigious festivals including Cannes, Venice, and Sundance. His first feature film Mediterranea earned him the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards and was named the best directorial debut of 2015 by the National Board of Review. Jonas lives in Italy where he continues to work as a writer and director.
Filmography
2016, Mediterranea
2014, A Ciambra (Short)
2012, A Chjàna (Short)
2011, Bayou Black (Short)
2010, Resurrection Man (Short)
2006, La Casa d'Argento Bava (Short)
