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(S)
: Cecilia Mangini
and Mariangela Barbanente
DIRECTOR(S)
: Cecilia Mangini
and Mariangela Barbanente
PRODUCTION
: GA&A Productions.
In association 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 In-
ternational de Films de Femmes de
Creteil 2015, DMZ Doc Special 2014,
Cinemambiente Panorama Italia
(Torino) 2014, Premio Libero Bizzarri
Fuori Concorso 2014, Festival dei Po-
poli (Florence) - Opening Screening;
Festival Sguardi Altrove (Milan) In
competition.
MY TRAVELS WITH CECILIA
The Castle is a filmabout Malpen-
sa airport, a place where control
measures put a serious strain on
the freedom of individuals, ani-
mals and goods passing through.
Italian and foreign secret services,
customs police, financial police,
sniffer dogs, explosive detectors
and closed circuit cameras are
the “actors” we follow to portray
a permanent security testing area
unlike any other public space.
GENRE
: People&Society, Feature Length,
Creative Documentary
LENGTH
: 52’- 90’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: DVC PRO HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Massimo D’Anolfi
and Martina Parenti
DIRECTOR(S)
: Massimo D’Anolfi
and Martina Parenti
PRODUCTION
: Montmorency Film
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2011
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English, Dutch
FESTIVALS&AWARDS
:
Special Jury
Prize (International Feature) Hot Docs
2011 (Toronto); Special Jury Prize
(International documentary) EIDF SE-
OUL 2011; Special Jury Prize VISION
DU REEL NYON, Special Jury Prize
MUNCHEN FILM FESTIVAL 2011.
THE CASTLE
FEATURE LENGTH · CREATIVE DOCS
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