A teacher welcomes migrants with unusual techniques, his words echoing the fraught power relations between Europe and those who seek safer, more prosperous lives on her shores

Gianfranco Rosi | 2016

France, Italy | 114 min | 12+ years | English, Italian with English subtitles |

Heartbreak, hope and nostalgia collide in this complex portrait of Lampedusa, a Mediterranean – the first port of call for thousands of refugees hoping to make a new life in Europe.

Intimate portrait of the lives of five refugee kids during their first year in a Red Cross refugee school in Denmark.

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