'Get away from the target' has been nominated for two News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Best News Coverage (Longform) and Outstanding Crime & Justice Coverage.
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A Guardian Seascape film, it follows an overcrowded ship with asylum seekers that leaves Libya bound for Europe – triggering a high-stakes showdown between a Doctors Without Borders vessel wanting to escort it to safety and the Libyan Coast Guard fighting to turn it back. As the Libyans issue armed threats, tension grows below deck, revealing an inside view of the desperate hope that is the deadly race for Europe

Made by the Outlaw Ocean Project
Distributed by the Guardian

Director / Cinematographer: Ed Ou
Editor / Story Producer: Will N.Miller
Executive Producers: Ian Urbina, Raphaela Morais

Music: William Ryan Fritch, The Outlaw Ocean Music Project, Soundstripe

Colour / Sound Mix: Will N. Miller

Translation Coordinator: Sarah Parkman

Translators: Anass Addi,Hussein Gido, Khaled Zakaria, Mansura Akter, Muhamed Wondimu Fentie, Rahmoune Mohammed Amine, Ayat Zahra, Hany Hawasly, Ashira Prem Rechana

Additional Footage
Doctors Without Borders, CNN, Channel 4, Sky News, Sea-Watch, Pilotes Volontaires, Mohaned Ahmed Mostafa, Elise Coker

Special Thanks
Sarah Giaziri, Elise Coker, Sara Creta, Ali Withers, Mark Esplin, Nancy Coker, Zelda Moran, Elvira Palomo, Ben C. Solomon

Commissioning Editor, Guardian Seascape: Chris Michael
Executive Producers, Guardian Documentaries: Jess Gormley, Ekaterina Ochagavia
Head of Guardian Documentaries: Lindsay Poulton

Supported by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation

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