Wreck

Running time: 9'50"

Production: FI/IT 2016

“Wreck” was made in 2014-2015 at a refugee boat graveyard on Lampedusa, an Italian island believed to be one of the most wonderful nuggets of the Mediterranean Sea and a symbol of European paradise. It is an uncanny story about a strange metamorphosis, where garbage becomes useful. A story about useless objects that unexpectedly gain value.

Authors:

  • Jan Ijäs 2016

    Media artist and filmmaker Jan Ijäs (born 1975) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Ijäs works with documentary, fiction and alternative film. The films of Ijäs deal with serious and difficult social themes, like migration into foreign and hostile societies. Ijäs's films have been shown very widely abroad by over a hundred film festivals (including Tribeca Film Festival 2014) and as installations in museums and galleries. 

    Time Capsule (2016)
    Wreck (2016)
    Social Connection (2016)
    Two Islands (2013)
    Solitude in Year Zero (2013)
    Sweet Mov(i)e (2011)
    GHOSTS (2009)
    The Spectacle (2007)
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