Seaview (2007)

Directed by

Nicky Gogan

Genre

documentary film

Country

Ireland

Runtime

1h 21m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows asylum seekers living in a former holiday camp in Ireland. It uses an experimental approach to sound and image to tell their stories.

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What happens

Seaview is a 2007 documentary film directed by Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley. The film chronicles the lives of a group of asylum seekers living in the former Butlin's Holiday Camp at Mosney, Ireland. The film takes an innovative approach to the use to sound and image in telling the stories of the Mosney residents. This has much to do with the past work of the directors, which has been focused on video art and gallery installation projects. The film premiered in the Forum section of the 2008 Berlin Film Festival and has since shown at many festivals internationally, including Hot Docs in Toronto, Silverdocs, Sheffield Doc-Fest, and the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Film Festivals. The film was nominated in the best feature documentary category at the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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