Terraferma (film)

Terraferma
Terraferma
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Emanuele Crialese
Written by	Emanuele Crialese; Vittorio Moroni;
Produced by	Marco Chimenz; Giovanni Stabilini; Riccardo Tozzi; Fabio Massimo Cacciatori;
Starring	Filippo Pucillo; Donatella Finocchiaro; Mimmo Cuticchio; Giuseppe Fiorello; Timnit T.; Claudio Santamaria;
Cinematography	Fabio Cianchetti
Edited by	Simona Paggi
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Production; companies	Cattleya; France 2 Cinéma; CNC
Distributed by	01 Distribution
Release dates	4 September 2011 (Venice Film Festival); 7 September 2011 (Italy);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian; France
Budget	€7.85 million

Terraferma is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Emanuele Crialese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vittorio Moroni.^[2] The film chronicles the intensification of the refugee crisis in Insular Italy in the beginning of the 2010's.

The film had its world premiere at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, and was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,^[3]^[4] but it did not make the final shortlist.^[5]

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^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
^ "Oscar/ Terraferma di Crialese è il candidato italiano". ANSA. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Retrieved 2012-01-19.