Thursday 2nd June 2022 – 17:15 -19:15 – GRIMALDI FORUM, MONACO
We are delighted to announce the Monte Carlo Premiere of Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope at the Monaco Streaming Film Festival where our film gives a glimpse into the lives of doctors, nurses and volunteers who have given up their everyday lives to work in war-torn parts of the world for the Italian NGO Emergency. Created in 1994 by war surgeon Gino Strada, Emergency staff have helped save over 9 million lives around the world.
From treating frontline injuries caused by explosions in Kabul, to the monotony of Refugee Camps in Iraq as well as their deployment on the MOAS rescue boats off the coast of Libya, the staff explain how they could not simply stay at home and do nothing knowing they could ‘do something’. We see their laughter, tears and, at times, frustration doing what very few people are brave enough to do, while never losing hope…