Documentary backdrop image for Shipwreck (2014)

Documentary backdrop image for Shipwreck (2014)

201414 minPGdoc-short

7.8/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Human Trafficking

Shipwreck

201414 minPGdoc-short

7.8/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Over 360 Eritrean refugees died when a boat capsized off Lampedusa, Italy, on October 3, 2013, during a perilous migration attempt.

Human Trafficking

Genres

Director

Synopsis

Over 360 Eritrean refugees died when a boat capsized off Lampedusa, Italy, on October 3, 2013, during a perilous migration attempt.

People

Morgan Knibbedirector

Synopsis

Abraham stands on the shores of Lampedusa, Italy, reflecting on the tragedy that unfolded on October 3, 2013. A boat carrying 500 Eritrean refugees capsized, leading to the deaths of over 360 individuals. "Shipwreck" captures his memories of that fateful day and the aftermath. The film depicts the somber scene of hundreds of coffins being loaded onto a military ship, illustrating the human cost of migration and the dangers faced by those fleeing persecution.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia (2012)

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia

2012•46m•★6.3TMDB

Captain Francesco Schettino abandoned the Costa Concordia as it capsized off the coast of Giglio, Italy, leading to a catastrophic loss of life.

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia

Lampedusa's Migrants: A Grave at Sea (2022)

Lampedusa's Migrants: A Grave at Sea

Since 2014, nearly 24,000 migrants have died on their way to Sicily, facing perilous journeys.

Lampedusa's Migrants: A Grave at Sea

The Italian Island With More Refugees Than It Can Handle (2011)

The Italian Island With More Refugees Than It Can Handle

Lampedusa, a 20-square-kilometre island, now hosts 5,000 North African refugees, doubling its population and straining local resources.

The Italian Island With More Refugees Than It Can Handle

Libya's Struggle To Cope With Surge In Migrant Smuggling (2015)

Libya's Struggle To Cope With Surge In Migrant Smuggling

Authorities face a breaking point in the Mediterranean migrant trade crisis.

Libya's Struggle To Cope With Surge In Migrant Smuggling

People Smuggling in Sicily: Europe or Die (2015)

People Smuggling in Sicily: Europe or Die

55,000 migrants have arrived in Italy through Sicily from Libya in 2015, many paying traffickers for dangerous passage on overcrowded boats.

People Smuggling in Sicily: Europe or Die

Death Boats to Greece (Part 1/2): Europe Or Die (2015)

Death Boats to Greece (Part 1/2): Europe Or Die

More than 50 million people are displaced worldwide, with many risking their lives on dangerous boat journeys from Turkey to Greece in search of safety.

Death Boats to Greece (Part 1/2): Europe Or Die

Italy's Mediterranean Mass Grave: Europe or Die (2015)

Italy's Mediterranean Mass Grave: Europe or Die

More than 170,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Italy in 2014, prompting a shift from a search and rescue mission to a border surveillance operation.

Italy's Mediterranean Mass Grave: Europe or Die

Overcrowding and Hostility Towards Migrants: Fortress Italia (Part 2/4) (2014)

Overcrowding and Hostility Towards Migrants: Fortress Italia (Part 2/4)

The Garden Navy rescues migrants in Lampedusa amid a growing crisis in Europe.

Overcrowding and Hostility Towards Migrants: Fortress Italia (Part 2/4)

Life Transporting illegal Weapons & Drugs Across The Mediterranean (2021)

Life Transporting illegal Weapons & Drugs Across The Mediterranean

Almost a million people were trafficked across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, with 25,000 reported missing or dead in the last decade.

Life Transporting illegal Weapons & Drugs Across The Mediterranean

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison? (2025)

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

Mandaluyong City's Correctional Institution for Women, the oldest women's prison in the Philippines, houses over three thousand inmates amid strict security challenges.

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

China's Transplant Crisis: The Forced Organ Harvesting Of The Falun Gong (2020)

China's Transplant Crisis: The Forced Organ Harvesting Of The Falun Gong

Red Reign reveals forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China by David Matas.

China's Transplant Crisis: The Forced Organ Harvesting Of The Falun Gong

Canada's Missing Women Tragedy (Missing Persons Documentary) (2023)

Canada's Missing Women Tragedy (Missing Persons Documentary)

More than 500 Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered across Canada in the past 20 years, raising urgent questions about their safety.

Canada's Missing Women Tragedy (Missing Persons Documentary)

Explore Shipwreck

Topics FAQ Stream

Where else to watch

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia (2012)

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia

2012•46m•★6.3TMDB

Captain Francesco Schettino abandoned the Costa Concordia as it capsized off the coast of Giglio, Italy, leading to a catastrophic loss of life.

Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia

No digital watch option in your country

Fire at Sea (2016)

Fire at Sea

2016•1h54m•★6.7TMDB

Lampedusa's daily life collides with the migrant crisis's stark realities.

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea (2026)

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea

2026•1h27m•★7.2TMDB

In 2012, a luxury cruise ship sank off the coast of Italy, leading to a catastrophic rescue operation and harrowing survivor testimonies.

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea

Lampedusa im Winter (2015)

Lampedusa im Winter

2015•1h34m•★6.2TMDB

A fire destroys the ferry connecting Lampedusa to Italy, leaving the local community and remaining refugees in a dire situation during a harsh winter.

Lampedusa im Winter

Costa Concordia: Chronicle of a Disaster (2022)

Costa Concordia: Chronicle of a Disaster

2022•1h38m•★7.3TMDB

Thirty-two people died when the Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Giglio, Italy, on January 13, 2012, leading to major changes in maritime safety regulations.

Costa Concordia: Chronicle of a Disaster

Lifeboat (2018)

Lifeboat

2018•34m•★6.6TMDB

Volunteers from a German non-profit rescue migrants from sinking rafts in the Mediterranean Sea, often operating under the cover of night.

A letter to Nikola (2021)

A letter to Nikola

2021•50m•★10.0TMDB

29,523 individuals were rescued from perilous situations in the Mediterranean Sea by the Aquarius, a search and rescue ship operated by SOS Mediterranee.

A letter to Nikola

Ghost Fleet (2018)

Ghost Fleet

2018•1h28m•★5.0TMDB

Activists on remote Indonesian islands work to rescue enslaved fishermen exploited by the global seafood industry.

Browse more like this

People Smuggling in Sicily: Europe or Die (2015)

People Smuggling in Sicily: Europe or Die

55,000 migrants have arrived in Italy through Sicily from Libya in 2015, many paying traffickers for dangerous passage on overcrowded boats.

People Smuggling in Sicily: Europe or Die

No digital watch option in your country

Life Transporting illegal Weapons & Drugs Across The Mediterranean (2021)

Life Transporting illegal Weapons & Drugs Across The Mediterranean

Almost a million people were trafficked across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, with 25,000 reported missing or dead in the last decade.

Life Transporting illegal Weapons & Drugs Across The Mediterranean

No digital watch option in your country

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison? (2025)

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

Mandaluyong City's Correctional Institution for Women, the oldest women's prison in the Philippines, houses over three thousand inmates amid strict security challenges.

Women Behind Bars in Philippines: How to Survive the Mandaluyong Prison?

No digital watch option in your country

Havarie (2017)

Havarie

2017•1h33m•★3.0TMDB

Thirteen individuals are rescued from a lifeboat in the Mediterranean Sea on September 14, 2012, amid ongoing humanitarian crises and violence.

Achille Lauro - The terror cruise (2025)

Achille Lauro - The terror cruise

2025•1h30m•★8.0TMDB

Three days of negotiations unfold after a Palestinian commando unit hijacks an Italian cruise ship off the coast of Egypt in 1985.

Achille Lauro - The terror cruise

Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia (2012)

Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia

2012•44m•★6.7TMDB

Thirty-two lives were lost when the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Giglio, Italy, on January 13, 2012.

Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia

Thailand Dreams (2016)

Thailand Dreams

Thailand's beaches attract Western men seeking relationships with Thai women, raising questions about love, exploitation, and the mail-order bride phenomenon.

Thailand Dreams

Gaza: The Killing Zone (2003)

Gaza: The Killing Zone

Daily violence in the Gaza Strip escalates as Dispatches reporter Sandra Jordan and producer Rodrigo Vasquez document the dangerous conditions on the ground.

Gaza: The Killing Zone

Browse more by Morgan Knibbe

View all films →

The Atomic Soldiers (2018)

The Atomic Soldiers

2018

Those Who Feel the Fire Burning (2014)

Those Who Feel the Fire Burning

2014

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →