Short film

Shipwreck

2014 · 14 min

A haunting, immersive documentary that bears witness to tragedy with quiet, devastating intimacy.

Directed by: Morgan Knibbe
Genres: Documentary

Overview: On October 3rd, 2013, a boat carrying 500 Eritrean refugees sunk off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa and over 360 people drowned. Abraham, one of the survivors, walks through a graveyard of shipwrecks and remembers this nightmarish experience. Meanwhile at the harbor, hundreds of coffins are being loaded onto a military ship.

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Directed by: Morgan Knibbe
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
grief
survival
trauma
isolation
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	5
Humour	0
Realism	10
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	9
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	10

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