DOCUMENTARIES

DOCUMENTARIES:

Black Pinocchio, 2005
Director: Angelo Loy / 80’ / Italian / Turkish subtitles
A group of Nairobian street kids want to seek freedom through theatre. It is a real backstage story evolving around success and difficulties.

African Spelling Book, 2005
Director: Angelo Loy / 61’ / English, Swahili Language / Turkish subtitles
It is an A-Z spelling book that is a compilation of twenty 3 minute episodes shot and edited by a group of street children living in the suburbs of Nairobi. A surprising, sad, funny, and extraordinary documentary.

Biùtiful cauntri, 2007
Directors: Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D’Ambrosio, Peppe Ruggiero / 75’ / Italian / Turkish subtitles
There are 1200 illegal toxic waste repositories in Southern Italy. The damage they cause is disastrous. On one hand there is a Camorra who commits illegal acts for money, on the other hand we have a judge who exposes this wild act.

My Home, 2007
Director: Debora Scaperrotta / 64’ / Romanian / Turkish subtitles
In a suburb of Bucharest, two 14-year-olds live by themselves in an apartment, without their families. While Alex struggles to make his dreams come true, Petronel travels in time to find the love that was never given to him by his family.

The Keys of Paradise
Director: Caterina Carone, 2007 / 49’ / Italian / Turkish subtitles
The director Caterina Carone searches for meaning of life in her home town Sant'Omero. The heroes of her childhood become the guides of this arduous and surreal search.

As I am
Director: Ingrid Demetz, 2007 / 48’ / Italian / Turkish subtitles
Narrated with the wisdom of a philosopher, As I Am is the portrait of an autistic child’s inner world which addresses issues like the horrors and fantasies of puberty.