10 Jun BELLA CIAO 

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BELLA CIAO

Italy / 2022 / 92′

DIRECTED BY: Giulia Giapponesi
SCREENPLAY BY: Giulia Giapponesi, Armando Maria Trotta
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gianluca Ceresoli
EDITED BY: Francesca Sofia Allegra
MUSIC: Marco Biscarini
PRODUCERS: Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Fabrizio Zappi, Chiara Sbarigia
FESTIVALS & AWARDS: IDFA (2022)

 

For decades, wherever people have fought against injustice, they have sung Bella ciao. Some say it was the anthem of Italian partisans fighting against fascism in WWII, but the origins of the song are unclear. The idea behind the film comes from the need to retrace the biographical path of Bella Ciao as it became an international song. The memories of surviving Resistance witnesses merge with those of activists who sing Bella Ciao in their protests in Chile, Turkey, Iraq, and Kurdistan. With a fast pace, the film’s plurality of voices and points of view tells us that this song, without author or country, is today a heritage of all those who feel oppressed and reminds us that the greatest tribute to the memory of the Resistance is to keep fighting for freedom.

 

Giulia Giapponesi is a screenwriter, director, and editor. After graduating with a degree in Communication Studies, she worked for over ten years as a video editor on television projects, commercials, and video clips. In those years she began her training as a director, which was refined in the making of more than 50 corporate films for companies in Emilia-Romagna. She approaches the world of cinema in the role of a cultural activist. Bella Ciao (2022) is her first feature film.