Florentine Football is no spor-
ts for the so hearted. Played
in Florence among rival city
neighborhoods since the 16th
century, it may resemble ru-
gby but unlike it, the only rule
is surviving the game! Banned
for a couple of years, this year’s
competition will be played with
new rules. The film follows four
stories from each team whi-
le tension grows higher as the
competition day approaches.
An intimate portrait of a small
rural community in a part of
Colombia entirely controlled by
paramilitary forces, rendered
through the eyes of the chil-
dren who grow up there, and
are often forced into very diffi-
cult choices. We will follow the
young protagonists in this pro-
blematic setting through an en-
tire school year, exploring some
of the realities that nurture the
violence in Colombia.
GENRE
: People & Society, Sport
LENGTH
: 52’ - 81’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Luigi Maria Perotti and
Rovero Impiglia
DIRECTOR(S)(S)
: Luigi Maria Perotti
and Rovero Impiglia
PRODUCTION
: STAMEN Film
in association with WDR
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2010
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English, German
GENRE
: People&Society
LENGTH
: 52’ - 75’ - 88’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Enrica Colusso
DIRECTOR(S)
: Enrica Colusso
PRODUCTION
: GA&A Productions in
co-production with Les Films d’Ici/
ARTE France in association with
Channel 4, ITVS International, YLE
Co-productions
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2007
VERSION(S)
: Italian, English, French
FESTIVALS&AWARDS
:
Split Film
Festival (Split, 2007) Prix Italia
(Verona, 2007) Sheffield Internatio-
nal Documentary Festival (Sheffield,
2007) RIDM - Montreal International
Documentary Festival (Montreal,
2007) Premis TV3 (Barcelona, 2007)
Watchdocs, International Film
Festival (Warsaw 2007) Turin Film
Festival (Turin, 2007) Thessaloniki
Documentary Festival - Images of the
21st Century (Athens, 2008) Europe-
an Documentary Film Festival (Oslo,
2008) International Festival “Un Film
per la Pace” (2010) - Best
Subject.
FLORENCE FIGHT CLUB
ABC COLOMBIA
79
PEOPLE & SOCIETY
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