A LU CIELU CHIANAU

11′ – 2015 – ITALIA

SINOSSI

Randazzo, a medieval hamlet at the foothills of Mount Etna. Twenty-five
children, dressed as angels and saints, are lifted onto a 18-mt wooden post.
For hundreds of years, the whole community annually parade them on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

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cast & crew

WRITTEN & DIRECTED by Daniele Greco & Mauro Maugeri
PRODUCTION Giulia Iannello
CINEMATOGRAPHY Mauro Maugeri
EDITING Antonio Toscano
SOUND Fabio Trombetta
COLOR CORRECTION Sara Paracchini
DIRECTION ASSISTANT Alessandro Tomasello
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Alessandro Di Benedetto
SECOND UNIT Francesco Tagliavia
LOCATION MANAGER Maria Cristina Di Benedetto
POSTER Alessia Scuderi

The Assumption is the first short film in Sicily Folk Doc, the project in a series of documentaries dedicated to Sicilian folk festivals.
At the centre are the communities that dedicate months of preparatory work to these events, finding the full expression of their collective identity in the festivities. Spectacular, little-known traditions that survive precariously, often attacked by public order with respect to their ‘dangerousness’ or by an alleged religious maturity in contrast with the explosive and carnal spirit of many of them.

The Assumption is set in the village of Randazzo; the documentary won a Special Mention at the French festival of Clermont-Ferrand Traces de Vie 2015, a Special Mention at I LOVE GAI 2016 (Venice 2016), the Special Prize ‘Appacuvi’ at Cerano Film Festival 2015, a Special Mention at Concorto, short film section of Marzamemi Frontier Film Festival 2015, the Best Director Prize at Corti di Sabbia 2015, the Special Prize ‘Giovannello da Itala’ at Corto di Sera 2015.

 

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