What happens to African immigrants once granted political refugee status? What are their prospects of a decent livelihood in Italy? In Turin, a northern Italian industrial city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees, all of whom are legal. Set between a cinema and a street market in a working-class neighbourhood, the five-storey building is inhabited by Somali and Sudanese refugees, forming a small African island in the heart of a European city. Khaled, Shukri, and Ali, like other migrants, went through hell in order to reach Italy.
OTHER EUROPE [ALTRA EUROPA] explores their stories over one year, revealing, in intimate detail, an emblematic tale of all European countries today, their immigration policies, and the changes to the social fabric of Europa.


Year: 2011
Length: 75 minutes
Director/filmmaker: Rossella Schillaci
Producer/production company: Giulio Pedretti, Azulfilm
Country of production: Italy
Country/location of film: Northern Italy