Voice of Native Italian and Migrant Women
Credits:
Devised and directed by Rossella Piccino | Camera: Rosella Piccinno | Sound: Roberto Buttignol | Editing: Rossella Piccinno | Production: DakhlaVision | r.t.: 13’39” | Italy 2007
Synopsis
Immigration issues in Salento (South of Italy) as discussed in Naemi, a Lecce-based forum of local and immigrant women for the promotion of intercultural exchange and social integration. Emerging from this enquiry is a variegated picture of the segregation and exploitation many women experience after their arrival in Italy in search of a better life but find their rights denied in an area of the country that itself has a long history of emigration.
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Director’s statement:
Voices of Native Italian and Migrant Women began as a personal experiment following my return to the Salento after nine years studying and working in northern Italy where the firsthand experience of being a foreigner in my own country aroused an interest in immigration issues. But I also wanted to reveal the other side of the Salento: after centuries of leading a backwater existence, yet preserving a strong cultural identity, the area has reinvented itself as just one more seaside vacation destination.
Festivals and screenings:
Capri Art Film Festival, avant premiere, out competition, april 2008.
Orvieto Corto Film Festival, in competition, april 2008.
Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce, section Technicolor, in competition, april 2008.
Trust nel Nome della Donna, in competition, itinerary festival in 15 towns, march-august 2008.
Meno di Trenta, in competition, Terranova Bracciolini (Ar), may 2008.
Arcipelago, special section out competition, Roma, june 2008.
A corto di Donne, special section out competition, Pozzuoli (Na), june 2008.
Noh’s Arc Film Festival, in competition, Grozny (Cecenia), june 2008.
Concorso Nazionale Roberto Gavioli, Brescia, june 2008.
Festival di Cinema delle Donne, Lecce, june 2008.
Murgia Film Festival, in concorso, Gravina in Puglia (Ba), july 2008.
Rassegna Visioni del Territorio 2008, in competition, Limena (Pd), july 2008.
Epizephiry Corto Film Festival, S.Ilario dello Jonio (Rc) august 2008.
Collecchio Video Festival, in competition, Collecchio (Pr), august 2008.
Cinema Ambiente,out competition: Special Section Environment and Labour, Turin, October 2008.
Sedicicorto, in competition, Forlì, october 2008.
Bolzano Short Film Festival, section Oper Nuove, in competition, Bolzano (Italy), october 2008.
Corto Dorico, in competition, Ancona (Italy), december 2008.
Cinema Italia 2009, official selection, Stockton (CA - USA), february 2009.
Italian Short Film on Immigration, a showcase of young italian talent, Bennington College, Vermont, USA, april 2009.
Doc in Tour 2009, itinerary screenings in several towns of Emilia Romagna.
Riace Film Festival, in competition, Riace (Reggio calabria), may 2009.
Kantun Winka, Mola di Bari, july 2009.
ApertaMente, No Racism Day, Taranto, october 2009.
Eta Beta Socila Movie, in competition, Bologna, november 2009.
Italian Short Film on Immigration, a showcase of young italian talent, Montclaire State University, Montclair, New Jersey, Usa, november 2009.
Awards:
Rassegna Visioni del Territorio 2008
Second Prize at the “Riace film festival”.
Special Mention of the Jury at the “Festival eta beta social movie”.
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