Moria Six

Summary

It was Europe’s largest refugee camp, hopelessly overcrowded and infamous for its catastrophic condition. In September 2020, the Moria Refugee Camp on the Greek island Lesbos was destroyed by a fire. Six young asylum seekers were accused of arson and arrested. But the only witness who allegedly saw the young Afghan men never appeared in court – only one of many inconsistencies surrounding an almost unknown judicial scandal.

In her diploma film "Moria Six", director Jennifer Mallmann addresses the practices of European isolation policy. She shows illegal pushbacks and new gigantic maximum security camps where refugees are locked up like criminals. She also gets in touch with Hassan, one of the young people detained, and speaks to his lawyers. From the Greek authorities’ questionable actions to the European Union’s refugee policy at the base of it all – Jennifer Mallmann confronts the global denial in calm, impressive images and exposes the dehumanization at Europe’s outer borders.

Source: 18. LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International