Filmvorführung: Moria Six

In the organizer's words:

After the devastating fire in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos in September 2020, Greek authorities arrested six young people and accused them of arson. The criminal trial against the so-called "Moria Six" was accompanied by doubts from the outset: lack of evidence, questionable investigations, political instrumentalization. But while the camp was rebuilt - even more restrictive, even more sealed off - there was no public outcry.

At the center of Mallmann's film is her correspondence with Hassan, one of the convicted youths. In his letters, he talks about his time in prison, his fears and his hopes. His words are accompanied by calm, precisely composed images that show life on the fringes of Europe: Camps, fences, military presence. Places that make it clear how Europe's migration policy works - through isolation, isolation and the systematic breaking of people.

MORIA SIX is a silent indictment - against indifference, against structural injustice and for taking a closer look at places where people usually like to look away.

Jury statement DEFA Prize:
"A brilliant documentary that finds haunting images for the highly equipped, high-tech human administration apparatus at Europe's external borders. A film that takes your breath away and makes you angry."

Jury statement for the Leipzig Ring Film Prize:
"The director finds impressive images for the emptiness and incomprehensibility of the situation in Moria after the fire in the refugee camp. Symbols and images of a dehumanization through technology are shown, which receives less and less media attention. The urgency of the film, which shows footage of pushbacks among other things, calls for action."