Simshar (2014)

Young Theo is sent on his first trip with his Maltese sea faring family, but things go terribly wrong when the 'Simshar' sinks, leaving the crew stranded in the Mediterranean... Simultaneously, Alex - a medic reluctantly dispatched onto a Turkish Merchant vessel which has rescued a group of stranded African boat people between Malta and Italy - gets stuck on the boat as the countries wage a bureaucratic war over who should take in the migrants... The stories unravel in parallel and culminate tragically when the fishermen are traced down, but by that time there's only one survivor.

IMDb rating	6.5
Producers	Kukumajsa Productions
Original title	Simshar
Directors	Rebecca Cremona
Writers	Rebecca Cremona

Cast

Lotfi Abdelli

as Simon

Jimi Busuttil

as Karmenu

Sékouba Doucouré

as Moussa

Chrysander Agius

as John

Adrian Farrugia

as Theo

Clare Agius

as Sharin

Mark Mifsud

as Alex

Kurt Zammit

as Aiden

Pierre Stafrace

as Pawlu

Laura Kpegli

as Makeda

Antonella Axisa

as Monica

David Leguesse

as Lecca Sailor

Tumer Gencturk

as Murat

Tesfu Mekonnen

as Rahwa's Brother

Mahlet Grech

as Rahwa

Edward Caruana Galizia

as Bert

Lawand Khaled Khaled

as Salim

Louise Ellul

as Bureaucrat

Khaled Riani

as Mehdi

Aaron Micallef

as Pilot

Jabal

as Captain Bilel

Jes Camilleri

as Brigadier Sant

Stephen Buhagiar

as Censu 9 Fisherman

Angélique Muller

as French Red Cross Nurse

Ivan Grech

as Mustached Man

Abdulkedir

as Disturbed Man

Malcolm Ellul

as Statue Bearer 2

Henry Zammit Cordina

as Parish Priest

Christian Micallef

as Matthew Fisherman

Marc Cianter

as Alter Boy