At Giffoni the short film by the students of the 'Scuola del Fare'. The choice, to be protagonists of your own life.
The film made by the kids of the Scuola del Fare is at the Giffoni Film Festival.
The short, shot in iconic places in Naples, questions legality, passions and family.
An original Munaciello wanders through the catacombs of San Gennaro. He has a book in his hand, the Book of Choices and Destiny. He slyly addresses the spectators with a simple question: in your life has destiny chosen or have your decisions guided you? Are you having trouble answering? Well, don't worry: it's just a movie.
This is in fact the beginning of “La Scelta” the participatory short film shot by Carlo Concina and Cristina Maurelli with boys and girls from different neighborhoods and districts of Naples.
It will be screened at the Giffoni Film Festival as a Special Event, Saturday, July 23.
The film tells the story of seven young protagonists prisoners of a strange game, which forces them to reflect on the past and the future. Legality, family ties and passions become the main themes of three intense episodes where the real life experiences of the boys resonate in the words of the different characters and become moments of powerful and moving cinema, which speaks to the heart of all of us. Will they be able to make the right choice and find freedom again?
The film is set in iconic places in the Rione Sanità (from the catacombs of San Gaudioso to those of San Gennaro, from the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità to the Church of San Severo fuori le Mura with the sculpture of the Veiled Son of Jago) and ends dreamily at the Casina Vanvitelliana in Bacoli.
Active protagonists of the short fiction, in front of and behind the camera, a group of kids who attend the Scuola del Fare, an initiative that through Education and Professional Training in the logistics and automotive sectors accompanies in the educational and formative growth of adolescents at risk of dropping out.
“We are very happy that our kids' film is at the Giffoni Film Festival”, comments the director of the courses Pasquale Calemme “it is the demonstration that committing yourself to a goal brings good results and satisfaction”.
The film was made in a participatory way thanks to the trainers of the PVCODE method (Participatory Video for Community Development), a methodology that transforms filmmaking into an opportunity to rethink oneself and find new potential, thus activating educational paths of empowerment and development of relational skills.
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“Making films with non-professionals is always very exciting” says Cristina Maurelli author and trainer “the short is very intense and full of opportunities for reflection for the spectators too”.
The project is curated by Liberi Svincoli, a collective of artists and trainers, and is realized with the contribution of the De Agostini Foundation and the Alberto and Franca Riva Foundation.
The “G. Civita Franceschi” School of Doing was born thanks to the partnership between CNOS FAP Naples (Salesians Don Bosco), the San Gennaro Community Foundation, the Alberto and Franca Riva Foundation, the Il Millepiedi Cooperative, the IF-Imparare Fare Association and Cometa Formazione.
Article published on 21 July 2022 - 13:16
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