The Ulysses


In the densely forested hills above Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Africa, 57 young Indian immigrants await their fate. They have crossed half the planet to get to Europe and now they can see Gibraltar and the Spanish coast – just 14 kilometers away on the other side of the Strait – but they cannot reach them. They are stuck in the juridical limbo of Ceuta and after 2 years in the city’s migrant detention centre, and faced with a deportation, they decide to flee one night, and set up shanty camps in the nearby mountains.
The film approaches the experience of the group through a very intimate portrait of five main protagonists. Babu, Mili, Rocky, Happy and Guri are very different characters, thrown together by circumstances and bound to each other for survival. Their lives are buffeted by geopolitical realities they cannot control such as the incipient crisis and stricter European migration policies. The viewer shares in their anxiety as they await a solution, and joins them in the emotional conclusion.



Agatha Amciaszek, Alberto García Ortiz


Alberto García Ortiz
(Burgos-Spain, 1972).
Graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1995. Soon he discovered his real passion: documentary cinema and from then on, he took several courses and workshops related to the cinema.
Agata Maciaszek
(Lodz-Poland, 1980)
She moved to Spain at the age of 12. Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid. Completed her cinema education with several workshops, including one with filmmaker Jose Luis Guerín, a great referent in her documentary cinematic view. She combines her work in film/video direction and production with audiovisual translations for the Spanish National Filmhouse.