ONE HUNDRED FOUR

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2023
Color, 16:9
93 min
Germany
Mediterranean Sea
German English
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How a sea rescue can take place is beyond anyone's imagination. The real-time documentary "One Hundred and Four" brings this dramatic situation closer. The film shows how agonizingly long it takes to rescue 104 people from a sinking rubber dinghy.
Person by person, step by step, the action is accompanied by several parallel cameras.
The situation escalates when the Libyan coast guard appears. The rescued people and the crew wait for days on the high seas because no Mediterranean country allows them to dock. Only after a bad storm does the ship reach a European port.
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Jonathan Schörnig
Adrian J. Then, Jonathan Schörnig
Jonathan Schörnig & Adrian J. Then
U.N. TV Production
Jonathan Schörnig, Johannes Filous
Moritz Petzold
Emanuel Schörnig, Moana Nitschke
UCM.ONE
Jonathan Schörnig was born in Leipzig in 1991.
After graduating from high school in 2011, he began to gain directing experience through several assistantships and internships in the television and film sectors.
In 2015, he successfully completed his training as a media designer for image/sound with his graduation film “Mr. Lindner and his Garden” and won the FineX trainee award.
He then worked as a cameraman on various television formats and documentaries. In 2020, he achieved a successful festival evaluation with the short documentary “Never give up”.
Since 2021, Jonathan Schörnig has been studying at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.

UCM.ONE will bring the real-time documentary "Einhundertvier" to German cinemas in May 2024 on the film label NONFY Documentaries. UCM.ONE will also take over the world distribution of the extraordinary documentary film. ucm.one/de
The label NONFY Documentaries (short: NONFY) was founded in 2018 by UCM.ONE. The name contains the two words "not" and "fiction", as documentaries are also called "non-fiction movies" in English-speaking countries in contrast to feature films ("fiction movies"). ucm.one/de/film-labels/nonfy-documentaries
AWARDS

Main Prize "It's all true" Film Festival 2024, South America
The jury praised “One Hundred and Four” for its gripping, raw and dynamic portrayal of one of the most pressing issues of our time – migration. “This film, unfolding in real time, should be seen everywhere,” the jury stressed.
With this award, ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR has qualified for submission to the 2025 Oscars.
Golden Dove Feature Film
"It takes an eternity to rescue 104 people from a boat sinking in the Mediterranean. We experience this rescue in real time, simultaneously on six split screens. The film team and the crew of the rescue ship show us clearly what it means to look the other way every day. But they also show that help is possible and necessary."
Goethe Institute Documentary Film Prize
"In "One Hundred and Four" a sea rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean is documented in detail. With his consistent approach of filming for 90 minutes with several cameras in parallel, director Jonathan Schörnig lets us experience the action up close and thereby creates a deep understanding of the urgency of the humanitarian effort. An appeal to world politics, but also to us!"
ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness
"We are experiencing a special rescue operation - conveyed using classic documentary means, as today's technology allows. In real time, we are very close to the people in this scene and are at the mercy of the natural drama. As we know, this is only the first act of a human drama with an uncertain outcome. The film makes it possible to understand the dimensions of this everyday tragedy in the Mediterranean."
Leipzig Ring Film Prize
“For an outstanding documentary film about human rights, democracy or civic engagement, sponsored by the Peaceful Revolution Foundation Leipzig.”
