Open: rescue scene Nat sound Inside the boat, Kyriakos is driving KYRIAKOS:Michalis, go outside and look towards Turkey. Refugees wearing life vest are sitting on the back of the boar, with two crew members KYRIAKOS: -We just rescued a boat, the other two [boats], managed to turn the motors on and left. Kyriakos looking back as he’s driving the boat KYRIAKOS: Is that boat travelling ok? TASOS: Yes, they’re safe. Kyriakos driving, closeup Shot of refugees on the back of the boat Nat sound Shot of refugees on the front of the boat through the front window VO KYRIAKOS: In 2001, twenty refugees from Afghanistan came to our island. I remember it was the biggest news of the year. Now it’s 2015 and things have changed completely As vessel 105, approaches to shore full of refugees on the back, crew member Giannis, leans down and pets a man’s head Nat sound Music fades in Shot of the picturesque little town out of the side window Nat sound Vessel 105 has arrived, people start getting out. Shot behind Kyriakos’ back as he picks picks a baby up from the floor of the vessel. A man smiles and kisses him. Kyriakos smiles and gives the baby to his mother. Music fades out KYRIAKOS: Baby! Shot of refugees walking away from the boat Nat sound Music fades in Shot of the little port KYRIAKOS VO: Life used to be under control It was very calm. Music Different shot of the port Kyriakos, Giannis sitting with a group of people at a cafe by the door. Door is wide open, Kyriakos has a rosary in his hands, playing. Wide shot. Music Medium shot of the same scene GIANNIS: -It was chaos here again yesterday. Music Close up of Kyriakos hands playing with the rosary KYRIAKOS VO: We are overwhelmed. Every hour there is just ten of us on duty and we might need to rescue around two hundred people crossing from Turkey. Music Kyriakos close up as he’s looking away. KYRIAKOS VO: who could need rescue. Music Transition shot, close up of fishing nets. Nat sound Music fades out Kyriakos and Giannis are standing up by the cafe. KYRIAKOS: Where is the boat? GIANNIS: I’m not sure if it’s a boat. I got information about a man in the water. KYRIAKOS: Ok, we’re going now. Stella, the cafe owner comes in the frame, while the two men leave the frame. STELLA:Kyriakos, just go. KYRIAKOS: Ok, I’ll pay later. STELLA: Don’t worry about it. Inside the coast guard boat. Shot through the front window. The boat is driving fast and the window wipers are wiping off the splashes. Shot of Kyriakos driving, Heraclis passes through the frame RADIO SOUND: -There are some people in that boat they are not wearing life vests. Shot of Giannis looking through the binoculars at the back of the coast guard boat. GIORGOS: -The wind must be around [46 mph.]u Giannis puts the binoculars down, Tasos enters the frame KYRIAKOS: -We shouldn’t be here, the boat can’t handle it. Shot through the side window, splashes on the window RADIO SOUND: -There are some five, four, six people now into the sea. Shot of Kyriakos driving the boat, rough sea, bumpy RADIO SOUND: -They’re hanging on, on the rubber boat Shot of Giannis entering the boat, rough sea, bumpy, splashes RADIO SOUND: - Because their rubber boat is taking water into it. Behind Kyriakos’ and Tasos’ back as they’re searching in the rough sea. Shot of Giannis looking through the binoculars from the side window RADIO SOUND: -There is another boat on your right. Kyriakos pointing in the sea KYRIAKOS: Ok, we’re going to the other [boat.] Front window, splashes, bumpy as the coast guard boat goes through big waves. Camera shakes a lot. The entire boat shakes, making it feel like a really small boat. The weather is bad. HERACLIS: -Here, it is. KYRIAKOS: Where? Where? KYRIAKOS: Watch out! KYRIAKOS: Get the ropes ready and get me gloves. The coastguard boat slows down, outside in the back Tasos and Heraclis, are getting ropes and life saver ready. TASOS: It’s ok! KYRIAKOS: Throw the rope! What are you waiting for? Shot of the window wiper, out of the window. A rubber boat packed with refugees HERACLIS: No movement! No movement! Down! down! Kyriakos on the side of the rescue boat, pulling the rubber boat closer with a rope Nat sound A young boy is running from the back of the boat towards the front. The camera is shooting out to the back of the boat. Kyriakos is helping the child to sit down KYRIAKOS: Sit down, sit down! More people are coming up and are sitting very close to the camera. Camera is shooting out to the back of the rescue boat so in the foreground there are people very close to the camera. The crew are bringing more people up. WOMAN: Yes, go in front! More people are climbing up on the rescue boat, everyone looks terrified, there is panic in their faces. WOMAN: Yes, they are here. As one more young woman comes on the boat, Giannis follows her in a panic. GIANNIS: Get the life saver! The young woman sits by the people already on the boat and close to the camera YOUNG WOMAN: The boy fell [in the sea] Giannis passes by with a life saver WOMAN: whose son More people are coming up on the boat MAN: God Help us! A woman is dragging a small baby, everyone is in a panic rushing to get on the boat. MAN: Sit down! More people are coming up, trying to sit. Tight shot of all the people cramped buy the camera KYRIAKOS: Untie the ropes, we need to go. Shot of the clouds CHILD: Did dad get on the boat? Close up of a woman, crying with a baby in her arms WOMAN: They’re gone! Close up of a man giving a baby to a woman MAN: Take this boy! Close up of a different man, passing another baby to someone else Screaming, shouting, crying Close up of a woman climbing inside the boat Screaming, shouting, crying Close up of a family that just got on the boat, they all look terrified Screaming, shouting, crying Close up of Kyriakos helping everyone frantically Screaming, shouting, crying Extreme close up of a small boy, shivering from the cold. He’s wet and his eyes are closing slowly. MAN: a mother and two sons. Oh God! Wide shot looking towards the back of the rescue boat, which is now packed with all the refugees Screaming, shouting, crying Closeup of a baby Cry of a baby Close up of the front window of the boat, refugee men are sitting at the front. The empty captain’s seat. Kyriakos, jumps on the wheel and turns controls on. He looks straight ahead and see,ms overwhelmed Sound of the engine Splash on the from window, the refugee men point toward the left KYRIAKOS: Have the rope ready! Wide shot through the window, A woman is in the water. Two small yellow life vests are floating next to her Nat sound The woman in the water lifts her hand up KYRIAKOS: Oh my God! She has two children with her. Shot of woman and two children in the water from the side of the boat Nat sound Shot from behind a man, looking at the woman, holding his head The man screams The man leaves the frame which now is filled with the wild, blue sea. Cry of the man Wide shot toward the back of the boat. Heraclis is handing a small blatantly unconscious child to Kyriakos. Everyone on the coat is looking and crying Sound of women crying Close up of Kyriakos, giving CPR on the back of the boat. The mother is being helped on the boat, crying Cry of the mother Wide shot, Giannis is bringing the second child up on the boat. Sound of women crying Close up of Kyriakos and Giannis standing up talking at the back of the boat next to the waving greek flag Kyriakos:come and help. Hold the nose and blow through the mouth Close up of Kyriakos who comes toward the camera Music fades in imitating the sound of an ambulance Kyriakos passes through the camera and enters the boat cabin Heraclis: It’s Heraclis from the boat. We have two unconscious children on board. Send an ambulance to the dock Shot inside the cabin, behind Kyriakos and Heraclis. Heraclis is on the phone and Kyriakos is getting ready Kyriakos: In ten minutes Music Close up of Kyriakos looking back Music Closeup of Kyriakos’ face, looking stressed out Music Kyriakos exhales, cut to shot out of the cabin door, refugees covered up, boat driving really fast Music Cut back to Kyriakos and again back out of the door to the refugees and close up to Kyriakos Music On the dock, Kyriakos is kneeling next to the one child, people are gathered around Music stops KYRIAKOS: Bring a blanket! Get the ambulance to come here now! KYRIAKOS: She’s speaking WOMAN: She’s breathing A first day doctor covering the small girl with a blanket People talking Close up of Giannis, crying MAN: Is she alive? WOMAN: Yes. Close up of the small girl Kyriakos next to the unconscious small boy KYRIAKOS: Heraclis, call to find out where the ambulance is! Wide shot of Kyriakos and an first aid worker giving CPR to the small boy Nat sound Shot of people looking, Kyriakos,passes in front of them holding the boy and take him to the ambulance Nat sound Calm shot of the picturesque small port town Nat sound Exterior shot of restaurant MARIA:-Kyriakos, don’t they have the option to not cross when it’s so windy? Interior shot, Kyriakos, Ignatia and friends are sitting around lunch table IGNATIA: -No, the Turkish smugglers blackmail them to cross quickly. Close up of Kyriakos Ignatia IGNATIA: Yesterday, the big coastguard boat brought refugees to the main port IGNATIA: Eight children were there, all soaking wet. IGNATIA:: My sister, who was also there, went to the shop across the street asking for blankets. Shot of Tzanos and Vivi TZANOS:Sure, but when three or four thousand people come like this every day... Shot of Tzanos and Vivi IGNATIA: Yes, there is no infrastructure on our island. Close up of Ignatia IGNATIA: The children’s hospital is full of refugee children who have lost their parents And there is nobody to look after them Close up of Kyriakos VASSILIS: It is ups to us to help everyone, then. Wide shot of the lunch table TZANOS: What are those responsible doing about the situation then? Closeup of Kyriakos Voices are becoming muddled, music is fading in Picturesque shot of Mytilene port Music and nat sound Close up of Melissa (Kyriakos’ young daughter), in the background a refugee woman holding a baby KYRIAKOS VO: In a way, I panic too. I’m scared. I can’t reassure them. It’s impossible. When I look into their eyes, I see their memories of war. Music Kyriakos holding Melissa from ger hand walking on promenade KYRIAKOS VO:They come from war... ...They escape the bombs that fall on their homes, and we see these families losing each other in the Greek sea. In the sea of a peaceful country. Because of the way they have to cross. Rack focus golden hour sea landscape to an olive branch Music fades out. Fisherman cleaning his nets at the small port Nat sound Another man on his parked sailing boat looking away KYRIAKOS: It’s Kyriakos Shot of Kyriakos walking and talking on the phone KYRIAKOS: We’re going out immediately, get the boat ready, quickly. Shot of boat front window CARD: 3.45pm Nat sound Shot inside the boat cabin, Christos looking through binoculars, bumpy Music fades in Close up of Kyriakos HERACLIS: I’m calling from boat “150.” Has the helicopter seen the incident we’re heading to? Music Shot of white water side of the boat Music Nat sound Bumpy shot inside the boat cabin Music nat sound Shot of Tasos binoculars HERACLIS: Are there people in the sea? Music Shot behind Tasos and Heraclis searching/ looking out the front window RADIO SOUND: Yes, this is the informations we have, but we’re searching. Music Shot inside the cabin crew is looking out the front window/ searching. Bumpy Music Nat sound Kyriakos looking out of the side window, boat has come to a halt KYRIAKOS: Come on! Throw the rope! Turn the engine off Music fades out Kyriakos exits the frame, cut to outside, go pro footage from Kyriakos’ head. Christos is throwing a life vest in the water. There is people everywhere in the water. Some are standing on a piece of wood, remanence of the boat they were crossing that sank. Someone is catching the lifevest. The rope pills people closer Nat sound More people in the water, Kyriakos is trying to pull people out of the water, a man slips his hands, A young boy is pulled on the boat. Nat sound Cut to the little port, a couple is having dinner by the water. Suddenly they turn and look behind, they seem concerned, the coast guard rescue boat enters the frame in the background, people run in the frame Nat sound Boat Syren Kyriakos pulls out the boat to the port, people run in the frame Nat sound Scene of chaos, people are helping the refugees who have come from the shipwreck. Everyone is giving CPR, chaos scene on the sore. Nat sound. A man is holding a small girl upside down, women are tapping the girl’s back MAN:Hit her back in case she’s got more water in her lungs. Yes, water comes out, she’s good. Put her in a blanket. Hold her head. Nat sound Close up of a woman with a small child in her arms WOMAN: We need oxygen Scenes of chaos on the little port, CPR until it becomes dark. Nat sound The coast guard boat pulls in the little port, it’s dark VOICE FROM MEGAPHONE: Kyriakos watch out when you reverse Night shot of Kyriakos closeup on the boar Nat sound Kyriakos and the crew, put a covered dead body on a stretcher Nat sound Close up of Kuriakos VOICE FROM THE CROWD” The world need to know what’s happening here! We can’t be going through this alone! Medium of Kyriakos in the scene KYRIAKOS: Where is the car? Shot of Kyriakos, crowd in the backgrounds Christos: The entire village has come to watch Back inside the boat cabin, Shot of Christos who’s standing outside the window and CHRISTOS: I’m speechless. [the smugglers] are criminals Shot of Kyriakos talking back to him KYRIAKOS: There are no words to describe how I feel. Exterior shot of rescue boat, window. Kyriakos and Heraclis are inside KYRIAKOS: “Rescued unconscious, but regained their senses after CPR.” Shot inside the cabin as Kyriakos is writing the log. KYRIAKOS: “Returned to the dock and brought people back at 4.50pm for the first time. Music fades in KYRIAKOS: “5.00pm: We left again [to collect more people from the shipwreck.]” “5.30pm: Back at the shipwreck, we rescued four more people and collected a dead body. Music fades in Ok, that’s the end of the diary. Exterior of the boat Shot of Kyriakos, sitting KYRIAKOS: It’s a nightmare, this agony... Everywhere we went, there were people in the water. The only thing I’m hoping is that there is no one missing. Music FADE TO BLACK Card over black Between 2015 and 2016, 600,000 refugees crossed the 4.1 miles of water between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos Music Card over black In the Spring 2016, Countries north of Greece closed their borders. Migrants and refugees continue to cross the Mediterranean. FADE TO BLACK Music fades out FADE TO LIFE PRESERVER Greek song fades in Credits Beach medium Credits Greek song Beach wide Credits Greek song Shot of people Credits Shot of People This film is dedicated to 7 year old Mohamadi Amir Mahdi and all the children that have drowned in the Aegean Sea. Greek song Fade to black The end