In the 2024 Academy Award nominated Best International Film, IO CAPITANO, writer-director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) presents a “reverse shot” of the immigration experience, unfurling an epic odyssey from West Africa to Italy. Seydou and Moussa, two Senegalese teenage cousins, yearn for a brighter future in Europe, and sneak away to Nigeria without telling their families. After crossing the Saharan desert, the cousins find themselves separated and imprisoned by Libyan captors. Arriving in Tripoli on a construction job, determined to find his cousin and complete their journey to Italy, Seydou is presented with a daring and terrifying mission by a Libyan trafficker. Capturing the contemporary immigrant experience, IO CAPITANO is equal parts action-adventure, road movie and coming of age drama, complete with danger, heartbreak, and unexpected joy.