Selected films
THE SACRED DANCER
Diego D’Innocenzo / 2008 / Italia / 30min
This film portrays fifteen years old Biswaijit, one of the last Gotipa, sacred children donated to the temple to dance in honour of the God Shiva , made up and dressed as Devadasi, the god’s lovers.
Diego D’Innocenzo / 2008 / Italia / 30min
This film portrays fifteen years old Biswaijit, one of the last Gotipa, sacred children donated to the temple to dance in honour of the God Shiva , made up and dressed as Devadasi, the god’s lovers.
ABC COLOMBIA
Enrica Colusso / 2007 / Italia / 88min
The life of a small Colombian rural community in a region entirely controlled by paramilitary forces, narrated through the eyes of its children. The documentary examines the young protagonists’ difficult personal growth in this problematic context during one school year.
Enrica Colusso / 2007 / Italia / 88min
The life of a small Colombian rural community in a region entirely controlled by paramilitary forces, narrated through the eyes of its children. The documentary examines the young protagonists’ difficult personal growth in this problematic context during one school year.
RAJA HINDUSTANI
Arvind Sinha / 2009 / India / 52min
Raja Hindustani is a young street performer born into a family of Nats, an ancient Indian community of street and carnival entertainers. Once held in high esteem, members of this remarkable culture are.
Arvind Sinha / 2009 / India / 52min
Raja Hindustani is a young street performer born into a family of Nats, an ancient Indian community of street and carnival entertainers. Once held in high esteem, members of this remarkable culture are.
LE BAMBINE DI PALMI
Stella Di Tocco / 2009 / Italia / 51min
Every 3 years the people of Palmi, a small village in Calabria, are called upon to choose the “Animella”, a young girl who, during the “Varia” festival, tied on a chair positioned on top of a construction more than 20 meters high, will have to act out the Holy Mary’s ascension to the heavens.
Stella Di Tocco / 2009 / Italia / 51min
Every 3 years the people of Palmi, a small village in Calabria, are called upon to choose the “Animella”, a young girl who, during the “Varia” festival, tied on a chair positioned on top of a construction more than 20 meters high, will have to act out the Holy Mary’s ascension to the heavens.
OF SHADOWS AND MEN
Aurélien Foucault e Cédric Quennesson /2008 / Francia / 23min
In Yunmeng, a rural city in the Province of Hubei (China), there’s a theater, a teahouse where old men gather amongst the shadows of the past, drinking tea and playing cards.
Aurélien Foucault e Cédric Quennesson /2008 / Francia / 23min
In Yunmeng, a rural city in the Province of Hubei (China), there’s a theater, a teahouse where old men gather amongst the shadows of the past, drinking tea and playing cards.
KONGON AKSELI
Jouko Aaltonen / 2009 / Finlandia / 52min
The story of Fin Akseli Leppanen who became a machine operator on the Congo river ferries and his impact with the harsh reality of colonialism, narrated through is diaries and letters.
Jouko Aaltonen / 2009 / Finlandia / 52min
The story of Fin Akseli Leppanen who became a machine operator on the Congo river ferries and his impact with the harsh reality of colonialism, narrated through is diaries and letters.
KIVILAITUMET
Donagh Coleman / 2008 / Finlandia, Irlanda, Regno Unito / 65min
This is the story of a nomad family who lives on the Changthang Himalayan highlands breading goats that produce the rare and valuable pashmina wool.
Donagh Coleman / 2008 / Finlandia, Irlanda, Regno Unito / 65min
This is the story of a nomad family who lives on the Changthang Himalayan highlands breading goats that produce the rare and valuable pashmina wool.
BI CHERET BOGHE E PASSIONE
Marco Lutzu e Ignazio Macchiarella / 2008 / Italia / 29min, 49”
In the world of the “canto a chitarra” in Sardinia, gift of nature and passion are often debated. In a great “cantadore” it is necessary a particular mixture-balance between the two aspects. The film confronts this theme with two young singers and a group of fans.
Marco Lutzu e Ignazio Macchiarella / 2008 / Italia / 29min, 49”
In the world of the “canto a chitarra” in Sardinia, gift of nature and passion are often debated. In a great “cantadore” it is necessary a particular mixture-balance between the two aspects. The film confronts this theme with two young singers and a group of fans.
DI MADRE IN FIGLIA
Andrea Zambelli / 2008 / Italia / 88min
“Di madre in figlia” narrates a fragment of history. Where, if the icon is the troubling Silvana Mangano in “Riso Amaro”, her tangible legend is a group of twenty women, many of which octogenarian, who go on tour in country festivals and fairs singing the same songs, of protest, of love, of sadness, that they used to sing in the rice fields many decades ago: the “Coro delle Mondine di Novi”.
Andrea Zambelli / 2008 / Italia / 88min
“Di madre in figlia” narrates a fragment of history. Where, if the icon is the troubling Silvana Mangano in “Riso Amaro”, her tangible legend is a group of twenty women, many of which octogenarian, who go on tour in country festivals and fairs singing the same songs, of protest, of love, of sadness, that they used to sing in the rice fields many decades ago: the “Coro delle Mondine di Novi”.
O MORRO DA MANGUEIRA COMO È
Carmen Opipari e Sylvie Timbert / 2010 / Brasile / 52min
Once upon a time.., in the favela of Mangueira, four children draw, tell stories and speak of things lived, imagined and wished for. Mangueira, where these children live, is a favela in Rio de Janeiro and also the name of the samba school where they parade during carnival.
Carmen Opipari e Sylvie Timbert / 2010 / Brasile / 52min
Once upon a time.., in the favela of Mangueira, four children draw, tell stories and speak of things lived, imagined and wished for. Mangueira, where these children live, is a favela in Rio de Janeiro and also the name of the samba school where they parade during carnival.
Carmen Opipari e Sylvie Timbert / 2010 / Brasile / 52min
Once upon a time.., in the favela of Mangueira, four children draw, tell stories and speak of things lived, imagined and wished for. Mangueira, where these children live, is a favela in Rio de Janeiro and also the name of the samba school where they parade during carnival.
Carmen Opipari e Sylvie Timbert / 2010 / Brasile / 52min
Once upon a time.., in the favela of Mangueira, four children draw, tell stories and speak of things lived, imagined and wished for. Mangueira, where these children live, is a favela in Rio de Janeiro and also the name of the samba school where they parade during carnival.
