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Award-winning photographer
Pierpaolo Mittica and Russian
activist Nadezhda Kutepova,
take us through a journey into
hell on earth: the region of
Chelyabinsk, South-East Russia.
Used as the Soviet “dumping
ground”, the region shows a
concentration of polluting ele-
ments that is by far exceeding
that measured in Chernobyl
and Fukushima.
GENRE
: Current Affairs,
People&Society
LENGTH
: 52’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Luca Trovellesi Cesana,
Alessandro Tesei
DIRECTOR
: Luca Trovellesi Cesana,
Alessandro Tesei
PRODUCTION
: Sydonia Production
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2016
VERSION (S)
: English, French, Polish,
Italian
LIVING TOXIC
The point of view of Muslim fe-
males is virtually absent from
the current debate on the rela-
tion between the West and the
Muslim world. Sumaya (blog-
ger, first Muslim city councilor
in Milan), Takoua (cartoonist
from Rome) and Batul (psychia-
trist from Trento) are 3 eman-
cipated, ambitious and opinio-
nated Muslim women living
in Italy. Through sequences of
their everyday life and inter-
views, they provide an unusual
portray of young Muslim fema-
les in today’s Europe and cover
most of the issues inflaming the
debate.
GENRE
: People&Society, Current Affairs
LENGTH
: 52’ - 75’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR
: Luisa Porrino
DIRECTOR
: Luisa Porrino
PRODUCTION
: Fargo Entertainment
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2016
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
RIFF – Rome
Independent Film Festival 2016 –
official selection
ROCK’N’ROLL HIJAB – WOMEN BEYOND THE VEIL
