David Fedele

THE LAND BETWEEN

Director: David Fedele

Production: 2015, French and Bambara with English & Dari subtitles, 78 min, Morocco

Script Writer: David Fedele

Camera: David Fedele

Edit: David Fedele   

 

 

E-WASTELAND

Director: David Fedele

Production: 2015, English with English & Dari Subtitle, 20 min, Ghana

Script Writer: David Fedele

Camera: David FedeleEdit: David Fedele

 

 

Director’s Biography: David Fedele is an award-winning documentary filmmaker from Australia. His films have covered such diverse topics as Sub-Saharan African migration in Morocco, electronic waste in Ghana, and illegal logging in Papua New Guinea.David generally works as a one-man filmmaker – directing, producing, shooting and editing his own films. His work has been broadcast and screened widely, winning numerous awards on the International Film Festival circuit.Short synopsis: THE LAND BETWEEN offers an intimate insight into the hidden and desperate lives of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in the mountains of northern Morocco. For most, their dream is to enter Europe by jumping a highly-militarized barrier into Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the African continent. With unique and unprecedented access, this film documents the everyday life of these migrants trapped in limbo, as well as the extreme violence and constant mistreatment they face from both the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. It also explores many universal questions, including how and why people are prepared to risk everything, including their life, to leave their country, their family and friends, in search of a new and better life.