MISSION MEDITERRANEAN, THE ABYSS MUSEUM

FRANCE, 2023, 55’52’’

Director: Thomas MARLIER, Mathieu PRADINAUD

Producer: GEDEON Programmes

Between the Italian and Tunisian coasts lies a vast maritime area of shallow waters, sweptbyantagonisticcurrentsandpunctuatedbymercilessunderwaterrockypeaks: the Skerki Bank. Over the centuries, it has become a true “boat trap”. To save this fantastic underwater museum while there is still time, UNESCO is launching the first mission to explore the Esquerquis Bank, together with representatives from 8 countries that signed the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.