{"id":101631,"date":"2024-02-13T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/one-hundred-four-2023-by-jonathan-schornig-nonfy-documentaries\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T19:08:46","slug":"one-hundred-four","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/one-hundred-four\/","title":{"rendered":"One Hundred Four (2023) by Jonathan Sch\u00f6rnig | NONFY Documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How a sea rescue can take place is beyond imagination. The real-time documentary “One Hundred Four<\/strong>” (German original title: “Einhundertvier<\/strong>“) brings this dramatic situation closer. The film shows how agonisingly 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 comes to a head when the Libyan coastguard appears. The rescued people and the crew wait for days on the high seas, as no Mediterranean country allows them to dock. Only after a terrible storm does the ship reach a European harbour.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”101550″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”101560″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Every year, the world’s most dangerous escape route claims thousands of lives. In the first half of 2023 alone, almost 2,000 people died in the Mediterranean because the European Union<\/strong>‘s border policy systematically violates existing rights. Instead of helping the shipwrecked, Frontex<\/strong> carries out illegal pushbacks, supports the violent actions of the Libyan coastguard and massively combats private sea rescue missions that intervene where the EU fails. Despite media evidence, it remains incomprehensible to those who have not experienced this situation themselves: why are hundreds of people in mortal danger being denied help and the civilian helpers even threatened and criminalised?[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Jonathan Sch\u00f6rnig<\/strong> was affected by the dilemma of lack of awareness and decided to bring a sea rescue to the screen as a real-time documentary to show how agonisingly long it takes to rescue 104 people from a sinking rubber boat. The film accompanies the action person by person, step by step, with several parallel cameras.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The situation comes to a head when the Libyan coastguard turns up. The rescued people and the crew wait for days on the high seas, as no Mediterranean country allows them to dock. Only after a terrible storm does a harbour grant them entry. What sounds like a bad film script is actually the daily reality.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”101546″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Chronology of the pre-history<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The ship is purchased by the MISSION LIFELINE International e.V. organisation. At the time, the “Eleonore” was called the “Western Star” and had to be extensively prepared and converted for the rescue. She was originally a Dutch fishing trawler.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

July 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Jonathan Sch\u00f6rnig agrees to document the rescue in order to produce film material for public broadcasting.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

02\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Jonathan Sch\u00f6rnig and Johannes Filous travelling to Spain as representatives of the press. The conversion work at the shipyard near Barcelona is delayed. At the same time, the “Eleonore” is registered in Germany under the German flag by Captain Claus-Peter Reisch.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

07\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

The “Eleonore” is launched into the water.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

09\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Captain Claus-Peter Reisch flies to Spain with the registration documents. Construction work on the Eleonore continues to be delayed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\nThe ship is named “Eleonore”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

The “Eleonore” departs with a crew of 9 for the crossing and test voyage to Cagliari\/Italy.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

20\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Arrival in the harbour of Cagliari. Final repairs are carried out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

21\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\nDeparture for the SAR (Search and Rescue) zone at 9.20 pm. The 9-strong Eleonore crew takes off, including the two press representatives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Reaching the SAR zone, start of the search, rescue exercise<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

25\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

At 9.30 a.m., Clara Richter discovers an empty green inflatable boat with only one intact air chamber. No sign of a rescue could be found, so the crew assumes there are no survivors.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Emergency call via NGO “Alarmphone” of an inflatable boat. The “Eleonore” immediately initiates the search and sets course for the indicated position. The search during the night remains unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

26\/08\/2019<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Another distress call from a white inflatable boat is reported by “Alarmphone”. It is said to be a boat with 64 people, including 53 men and 11 women. Children were reported in another boat. The speedboat crew of the “Lifeline 3” therefore prepares to rescue children.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:59 pm<\/strong><\/td>\nThe live documentation with six cameras begins. On the way to the indicated position, the crew comes across the blue inflatable boat with 104 men<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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