A western film crew accesses
Eritrea, an isolated country
defined by many as a “golden
cage”.
They are allegedly casting for
Khadija, the beautiful and fier-
ce Eritrean woman who fought
at the side of the Italian Royal
Cavalry in WW2.
An epic story of love and bra-
very from the past, a different
look at modern Eritrea.
GENRE
: People&Society
LENGTH
: 55’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Francesco G. Raganato,
Alessandro Caruso, Chiara Laudani
DIRECTOR
: Francesco G. Raganato
PRODUCTION
: Todos Contentos
y Yo Tambien
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2014
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English
FESTIVALS&AWARDS
:
Rome Film
Fest 2014 - Best Documentary
LOOKING FOR KHADIJA
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FEATURE LENGTH · CREATIVE DOCS
40 years after her last documen-
tary, 85 years old Cecilia Mangini,
the first Italian female documen-
tary filmmaker, embarks on a
road trip across Apulia, her native
region once in full expansion. She
discovers a land ravaged: the big-
gest steel mill in Europe, located
in Taranto, poisoned the area. Her
travel turns then into an attempt
to understand how the relation
between men and industrializa-
tion has turned the post-war era
optimism into uncertainty.
GENRE
: Human Interest, Current Affairs,
Biography, Reportage
LENGTH
: 52’ - 74’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR
: Cecilia Mangini
and Mariangela Barbanente
DIRECTOR
: Cecilia Mangini
and Mariangela Barbanente
PRODUCTION
: GA&A Productions. In as-
sociation with RAI Cinema and Elephant
Film. With the support of MiBac, Apulia
Film Commission and Cineteca di Bologna.
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2013
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English
FESTIVALS&AWARDS
: Festival Internatio-
nal de Films de Femmes de Creteil 2015,
DMZ Doc Special 2014, Cinemambiente
Panorama Italia (Torino) 2014, Premio Li-
bero Bizzarri Fuori Concorso 2014, Festi-
val dei Popoli (Florence) - Opening Scre-
ening;
Festival Sguardi Altrove (Milan) In compe-
tition
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