Moria Six
production: Filmakademie BW

length: 82’
The controversial conviction of six refugees for the fires at Camp Moria marks the beginning of a moving search for humanity - uncovering the dark sides of an oppressive, often inhumane system. 

There was an eery silence after a fire had destroyed the Moria camp completely in September 2020. Not just locally, but in public discourse. The world did not seem particularly concerned with the inhumane conditions in other camps on Europe’s external borders or the countless pushbacks in the Mediterranean. Nor did the arrest of six adolescents who were accused of arson resonate in any audible way - though even a second glance at the circumstances of the investigation and the criminal proceedings revealed the actions of the Greek judiciary to be questionable. Not to mention the underlying refugee policy of the European Union.
“A brilliant documentary that finds haunting imagery for the heavily militarized, hyper-technologized system of human administration at Europe’s external borders. A film that takes your breath away — and fills you with rage.”

- jury-statement of the DEFA Film Prize 2024