Jason Raftopoulos' previous and first film ‘West of Sunshine’ premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017.
In 2018, Raftopoulos won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at the Festival des Antipodes in Saint Tropez and the Best Director award at the Barcelona International Film Festival.
Mr Raftopoulos’ new film ‘Voices in Deep’ is about the migration crisis in Greece which started in 2015 and is ongoing.
'Further, by not examining this connection in ourselves, we help create a society that becomes malignant, perverse, and exploitative.'
The film’s summary
In Athens, just after the devastating 2015 refugee crisis, Tarek and Zaeed fend for themselves on the street.
Their parents died during their ocean journey; in a bid for shelter and food, Tarek accepts exploitative sex work and Zaeed takes desperate, risky measures to change their circumstances.
Meanwhile, Bobby, a humanitarian worker dealing with her own painful past, is trying to offload bags of illegally harvested shellfish before she returns to Australia.
Jason Raftopoulos spoke to SBS Greek and explain why and how he decided to do a movie about this migration crisis.
He defines who are these ‘Voices in Deep’ and why it is important to have films like the ‘Voices in Deep’ that underline the refugee problems.
