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NESSUNO CI PUO’ GIUDICARE

83 minutes, 2016
Director : Steve DELLA CASA et Chiara RONCHINI (Italie)
Production : Istituto Luce Cinecittà srl (Italie)

In post-war Italy, during the economic miracle, cinema continued to be the favourite leisure-time activity of Italians, as well as a truthful mirror of the changes taking place in the country.
Musical films, starring singers of the younger generation, show us this Italy in full transformation.
Born in 1953 in Turin, Steve DELLA CASA is an Italian film critic and artistic director of several festivals. He has also made some documentaries (“Perché sono un Genio! Le Tante Vite di Lorenza Mazzetti” 2016; “Flaiano: il Meglio è Passato”, 2010) and played minor roles in a few films.

Chiara RONCHINI was born outside Rome. She has worked in international co-operation, photography, design and documentary films, between Rome, Pristina and Barcelona. Currently she is a film editor and works in post-production. “Nessuno ci può giudicare” is her first documentary as director.

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ALALÁ

77 minutes, 2016
Director : Remedios Malvàrez Baez (Spain)
Production : Producciones Singulares (Spain)

Alalá is an art centre for children where flamenco is used as a tool for learning self-expression. The inspiration behind the centre was well-known guitarist Emilio Caracafé and other musicians, who introduce us to this gypsy district, where flamenco can offer opportunities and transform society.

Remedios MALVÁREZ BAEZ has been a professional photographer since 1989.
Self-taught, she perfected her training in photography and cinema in Madrid, Barcelona and London. In 2010, she created the production company Producciones Singulares in Seville.
The short documentary “Silence” was her first non-commercial creation. It has won awards at several festivals. “Alalá” is her first feature-length documentary.

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ELECTRO CHAABI

77 minutes, 2013
Directior : Hind MEDDEB (France, Tunisia)
Production : IPS (France), Studio Masr (Egypt)

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In the slums of Cairo, young people dance to electro chaabi, a new music blending folk song, electro beats and freestyles chanted as rap. The idea is to merge the sounds and styles in a chaotic manner. A single guiding principle: wreak havoc!
Victims of corruption and social segregation, kids from the working class districts get all that out of their system by partying. Freedom to move and speak, break the religious taboos – much more than just a musical phenomenon, electro chaabi is a healthy outlet for a young generation harassed by the restrictions Egyptian society imposes on them.

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