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Fire at Sea

2016 114 min Italian 12

“More than 17,000 people were reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in the last 15 years...”

Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.

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Cast

8 people

Gianfranco Rosi Director · Jacopo Quadri Editor

Worldwide gross $1M · United States release October 21, 2016 · Produced in France, Italy

Box office

Worldwide gross

$1,000,000

Production

S

Stemal Entertainment

Production

2

21 Unofilm

Production

A

ARTE France Cinéma

Production

M

MiC

Production

L

Les Films d'Ici

Production

I

Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Production

R

RAI

Production

C

Cinecittà Luce

Production

M

Ministry of Culture (Italy)

Production

R

Rai Cinema

Production

France · Italy

Produced in

Languages

Original title

Fuocoammare

Original language

Italian

Spoken on screen

English · Italian

Release dates

Germany · February 13, 2016

Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival

Italy · February 18, 2016

Theatrical

United States · October 21, 2016

Limited theatrical

United States

September 2, 2016 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival

January 10, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Palm Springs International Film Festival

Austria

July 29, 2016 · Digital

Czechia

July 2, 2016 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Denmark

October 6, 2016 · Theatrical

France

September 28, 2016 · Theatrical

May 19, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Film Festival Douarnenez

Germany

July 28, 2016 · Theatrical

Greece

April 14, 2016 · Theatrical

February 20, 2017 · Physical · DVD

Ireland

June 10, 2016 · Digital

Japan

October 9, 2016 · Digital

Türkiye

July 8, 2016 · Theatrical

Ukraine

June 21, 2017 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

June 10, 2016 · Theatrical

September 26, 2016 · Physical · DVD

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