Amel Alzakout and her partner Khaled Abdulwahed made the powerful film Purple Sea, which shows Alzakout's struggle after her migrant vessel capsized in the Mediterranean
ARTIST Amel Alzakout was escaping from war-torn Syria on a flimsy migrant boat when it capsized, throwing her into the Mediterranean with more than 300 other passengers.
Crucial rescue operations were delayed by bureaucracy and 43 people died in what was the deadliest migration related tragedy in 2015.
Alzakout survived – along with incredible footage from her GoPro camera, which was strapped to her wrist so she could film the journey, never expecting it would record her near death.