Official Sections
Nonfiction Feature Films
Palazzo delle Aquile
Stefano Savona, Alessia Porto, Ester Sparatore
France / Italy, 2011
HDCAM | 128min. | Colour | Italian | VOSI, VOSC
Production: Penelope Bortoluzzi, Stefano Savona / Picofilms
Screenplay: Stefano Savona, Alessia Porto, Ester Sparatore
Photography: Stefano Savona, Alessia Porto, Ester Sparatore
Editor: Ilaria Fraioli
Sound: Stefano Savona, Alessia Porto, Ester Sparatore
Contact: [email protected] +33 177104463
Sinopsis
A day-by-day chronicle of the month-long occupation of Palermo City Hall by twenty homeless families. This film is not only a unique portrait of a public institution under exceptional circumstances, but also sheds light on the controversial and often ambiguous relationships between citizens and their elected representatives.
Bio/Filmo
Stefano Savona's films include Notes from a Kurdish Rebel (2006), Piombo fuso (2009), screened at l'Alternativa last year, and Tahir (2011). His latest project is Il Pane di San Giuseppe, a visual history archive dedicated to rural civilisation in Sicily shot by Ester Sparatore and researched and transcribed by Alessia Porto.
Festivals
Grand Prix - Cinéma du Réel 2011
Premio Derechos Humanos - BAFICI 2011
Special Mention - Indielisboa 2011
Viennale 2011