THE BLUE ABOVE AND THE GOLD WITHIN

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SUBJECT: PEPI ROMAGNOLI
SCREENPLAY: PEPI ROMAGNOLI
DIRECTION: PEPI ROMAGNOLI

DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE BY:WINDROSE

LOGLINE

With the enthusiasm and vulnerabilities of her nine years, Valeria GAVRYLYUK, an Ukrainian refugee in Milan during the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, wins her battle by finding in Italy not only refuge but also new prospects for her future life.

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SYNOPSIS

Valeria is a nine-year-old Ukrainian refugee who, with her mother and younger brother, arrives in Italy where she welcomed by her Uzbek grandmother, who teaches her Italian. Valeria starts attending a school in Milan, where she excels in mathematics and Italian, and quickly makes friends with her classmates. The only person she dearly misses is her father, who, skilled hockey player whom Valeria idolizes, remains in Ukraine. Every day after the school , from five in the afternoon until eight in the evening, Valeria trains in rhythmic gymnastics with Anca Goia, a Romanian National Champion. A beautiful friendship blossoms between teacher and student, and Valeria begins to win gold medals and dreams of becoming a successful professional athlete.

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Blue and gold are the colors of the Ukrainian flag, but they also represent Valeria's aspirations. We follow the thread of her thoughts through her voice, which narrates her family, school, and her deep passion for rhythmic gymnastics. We discover that she has an extraordinary ability to reflect and a determination uncommon for her age, yet she is also a normal, affectionate child who enjoys skipping rope and chatting with friends. Valeria is an example of how one can face a terrible life change like war.

SUBJECT: Pepi Romagnoli

DIRECTOR: Pepi Romagnoli

PRODUCTION: Michelangelo Film

CO-PRODUCER: PRONTO FILM ( Ucraina)

GENRE:   COMING OF AGE, REFUGEE, RITMIC GYMNASTIC

PROJECT’S DEVELOPMENT: POST - PRODUCTION

PRINCIPAL LOCATIONS: ITALY: Milan, Bellaria UCRAINA: Kiev

LENTH: 78/52’ Minutes

FORMAT: FULL HD – 4K

DELIVERY’S DATE ROUGHT CUT:   DECEMBER 2024

ESTIMATED BUDGET: 95.000 EURO

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PITCHING FORUM FEST AWARD WINNER
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SWISS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 AWARDS WINNER
YETI 2024 SEMI-FINALIST FILMHOUSE 2024
NOCTURNA 2024 NOMINEE
TORONTO AWARDS FILM FESTIVAL 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTION
CLIMAX 2024 SEMI-FINALIST OF FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA INDIPENDIENTE
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EUROPE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTION
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LOGLINE

The story of the peculiar friendship between a homeless Romanian and a woman film director who shoots a documentary about him and his way of life and along the way discovers an unexpected reality.

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SYNOPSIS

Mihai is a homeless Romanian aficionado of historical novels beggar in the center of Milan with Ela, his Albanian girlfriend. The discovery of an association dedicated to helping the orphans of the Institute where Mihai had spent his infancy leads him to organize a return trip to Romania to find a job and a house together with Ela. But Ela is suddenly repatriated to Albania, and Mihai no longer receives news about her. He takes with him a dog that attracts the attention or an Ukrainian lady who, to save that animal from the street, offers Mihai a home and a job. His life radically changes until, in a single moment, he manages to send it all crashing down.

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

It's hard to fathom the thought processes of a person used to living on the street. Mihai told me about his life, starting with his awful early experiences at an orphanage. I tried to help him attain a normal life. I organized a trip to Romania, and looked for a house and job for him in Bukovina, the place he had always dreamt about as a boy. But maybe this isn't what he is seeking.

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PEPI ROMAGNOLI

SUBJECT: Pepi Romagnoli

SCREENPLAY: Pepi Romagnoli

DIRECTOR: Pepi Romagnoli

PHOTOGRAPHY: Giuseppe Campo

OPERATORS: Giuseppe Campo, Pepi Romagnoli

SOUND: Giuseppe Campo, Edoardo Maimone

PRODUCED BY: MICHELANGELO PASTORE

IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Maurizio Santarelli

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISION: Edoardo Maimone

LENTH: 86’ /52

SHOTTING FORMAT: 4K/3K/HD

 MASTER: 2K/HD

CAST

Mihai Badea, Rosanna Bianchi, Pepi Romagnoli, Ancuta Elena Goia, Don Marco Borghi, Ela Gjoni, Svetlana Terechtcenko, Baldino Eugenio e Giacomo Gelosini, Martini Duilio

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM
Una gloriosa delegazione a Pyongyang

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Una gloriosa delegazione a Pyongyang
(A glorious delegation to Pyongyang)

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

ISPEC PRIZE 2019
INTERNATIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL OF PYEONGCHANG 2019
SUDESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019
ARFF AMSTERDAM OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019
CREATION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019
DUMBO FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019
VISION DU REEL MEDIA LIBRARY 2019
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF VISIONI DAL MONDO OFFICIAL SELECTION 2018.

SUBJECT: PEPI ROMAGNOLI
SCREENPLAY: PEPI ROMAGNOLI
DIRECTOR: PEPI ROMAGNOLI

DISTRIBUTED IN ITALY BY OFFICINE UBU

SYNOPSIS

April 25, 2018 four friends set off for North Korea with plans to testify, above and beyond ideological conditioning or prejudice, the life of the most enigmatic and denigrated country in the world. A cinema crew follows them, the only one authorized to shoot a film in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which in that particular moment, finds itself living in the excitement of the historical encounter of the two presidents, North and South, to discuss the unification of Korea...

...their journey ends on May 1st in Beijing, where the four friends decide to ask the Chinese what they think about Socialism and Karl Marx.

SUBJECT

Four friends set off on a journey to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to accompany one of them, Davide Rossi, essayist, journalist, teacher and member of the Communist Party (Switzerland). Davide who has received an invitation from the Central Committee of the Worker's Party in Pyongyang, will bring as a gift to the Koreans his latest book, entitled: “The Present-day Relevancy of Marx.”

DIRECTOR'S NOTES

I was keen on verifying all the offensive and grotesque things said, written and filmed regarding the People's Republic of Korea in order to ascertain the truth. This convinced me to make this film, which, beyond political credos and ideological conditioning, proposes to confront and compare the reflections of four friends about a way of life.

The whole story interacts with the backstage of the crew shooting the film, following the typical style of a narration that present the reality of the facts as they happen in the progress of this particular journey, leaving to the viewer the considerations and the choice of deciding what to think about what he's seeing.

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PEPI ROMAGNOLI

SUBJECT: PEPI ROMAGNOLI

SCREENPLAY: PEPI ROMAGNOLI

DIRECTOR: PEPI ROMAGNOLI

CAST

DAVIDE ROSSI

IVAN SENIN

PIERLUIGI COLOMBINI

BARBARA CLARA

PHOTOGRAPHY: GIORGIO CARELLA

OPERATORS: GIORGIO CARELLA, FRANCO OBERTO, ALESSANDRO PECCHI

SOUND: PAOLO BENVENUTI

ASSISTENT DIRECTOR: DAVID PUTORTI’

PRODUCED BY: MICHELANGELO PASTORE

WITH THE COLLABORATION OF EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: RICCARDO PINTUS

EDITING AND POSTPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: MASSIMO GERMOGLIO


LENTH: 90/52 - SHOTTING FORMAT: 4K/3K/HD - MASTER: 2K/HD

SWISS COMMUNIST PARTY

5TH INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
VISIONI DAL MONDO 2019

PROGETTI INDUSTRY VISIONI INCONTRA
CONCORSO

ROSSI CROCIATI
September 12-13, 2019
Litta Theater, Corso Magenta 24 - Milan

LOGLINE

The surprising discovery of a Communist Party in Switzerland, which won a new seat in the 2019 Ticino Canton Elections.

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SYNOPSIS

The life and activities of Massimiliano Arif Ay, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, are the central thread of the documentary film. The narrative revolves around the day of the vote counting, experienced with great participation by Max and his young collaborators inside a small Swiss house, the headquarters of the Communist Party, in the Solduno neighborhood of Locarno. Max's speeches alternate with personal archive material related to episodes from his adolescence and the choices that had led him to become the Party's secretary when, as a fourteen-year-old boy, he had fallen in love with social issues after listening to a lecture by his high school teacher.

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

My interest lies in providing an impartial overview that includes the statements of the young members of the Communist Party, those of people with different political opinions, and those of the everyday people who live and work in Switzerland. This builds up to a tableau, a glimpse of a garden, a green and avant-garde Eden, but where, behind the mountains and lakes, one discovers how a seemingly perfect system for absorbing the great political, financial, and social changes in Europe coexists with the inescapable needs brought about by economic, cultural, and social disarray present even in Switzerland.

TECHNICAL CAST

STORY AND DIRECTOR: Pepi Romagnoli

PRODUCTION: MICHELANGELO FILM

PRODUCER:Michelangelo Pastore

GENRE:  SOCIAL INTEREST

INTERPRETERS: MASSIMILIANO ARIF AY – LEA FERRARI ALESSANDRO LUCCHINI- EDOARDO CAPPELLETTI- ZENO CASELLA – DAVIDE ROSSI - STEFANO ARAUJO –– LUCA FREI – ALFONSO ALVARO ALVES FABRIZIO FERRACINI – DON PIERANGELO REGAZZONI - RAUL ANDREAZZI DARIO FILOMENA- ELIA SWIDEN MASSIMO SONCINI – JACQUES DUCRY – DANIELA PUGNO GHIRLANDA – TIZIANO GALEAZZI

CINEMATOGRAPHY: GIUSEPPE CAMPO-FRANCO OBERTO- ALESSANDRO PECCHI- SAM JEMBO

SOUND: SANTE SPAGNOLO

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISION: Massimo Germoglio, Edoardo Maimone

LENTH: 59’ Minutes

FORMAT: FULL HD – 4K

THE SAME AS YESTERDAY

VISIONI DAL MONDO 2021 CONCORSO ITALIANO
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION 2021

ARFF International Berlin Montly 2021

LOGLINE

A day lived in Milan during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, as told by a filmmaker who participates in the shooting, aiming the lens at herself.

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SYNOPSIS

A filmmaker crisscrosses Milan during the days of the lockdown in search of hard-to-find face masks, often waiting on queues at supermarkets.  Her roaming through the deserted streets is accompanied by the clanking of invariably empty trams: this is the only sound guiding her as her camera frames details that she notices for the first time. The surreal dimension of the city mixed with what she's living through stuck at home, between her computer and video-calls with friends. But it's especially through her conversations with her mother that, while analyzing the handwriting of painters, musicians, writers - as well as of some of the people governing us - that unsuspected identities are revealed.

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

My journey through the Coronavirus lockdown in Milan began when, brandishing a video camera for the first time as operator, I decided to bear witness to what I was seeing and feeling inside and outside my house. And if, on the one hand I was surprised by an encounter with a homeless couple taking pains to bring food to starving pigeons, it was the relationship with my mother that gave rise to a wealth of discussions, some amusing and some more intimate, about the ultimate questions of life. 

DIRECTOR: Pepi Romagnoli

LENTH: 52’

SCREENPLAY: Pepi Romagnoli

EDITING: Carlo Puoti, Edoardo Maimone

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pepi Romagnoli

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