HYMN FROM THE HIVE ~ ACROSS THE RIVER’S FLOW
SHOT IN ROMANIA AND GERMANY
DOCU-FILM
~ REPORTAGE
A house. A shelter. A man the last one left in the homeland. A woman
returns to her community every year. The daughters and husband who have
lost all traditions. A rapper who raps in the old language. In 1990
Susanna marries Udo. Their wedding is the last one celebrated between
two Saxons in their village. After that the couple emigrated like half a
million of Transylvanian Saxons. After 30 years in Germany the
relationship between Susi and Udo has gone stale and they haven’t taught
their native language to their daughters that feel just German. Georg
on the other hand is proud of his identity. He hopes with his rap to
spread the young generations about the heritage to make them proud of
being a Saxon. This is the choral story of a family who is learning to
change in order not to disappear.
AWARDS
2020 PX3 State of the World – Curatorial Selection
2020 Verzasca Foto Festival Awards – Shortlist
2020 Head On Photo Awards – Shortlist
2019 6×6 World Press Photo Global Talent Program – Nominee
2019 Moscow International Foto Awards – Bronze Medal single image
2019 Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards – Finalist
2019 Les Coups de coeur de l’ANI at Visa Pour l’Image – Shortlist
2019 Aspa (Alghero Street Photography Awards) – Honorable mention single image
2019 Aspa (Alghero Street Photography Awards) – Semifinalist project
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Silver medal single image
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Bronze Medal project in “Life style” category
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Bronze Medal project in “Photo Essay” category
2018 Px3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) – Honorable mention
2018 International Photo Awards – Honorable mention
2018 International Photo Awards – Honorable mention single image
2018 ITALY PHOTO AWARD/Premio Voglino – Finalist
2017 Umbria World Fest – Finalist emerging
2017 Concorso National Geographic Italia – Shortlist
2017 Reporter Day – Finalist
2020 Verzasca Foto Festival Awards – Shortlist
2020 Head On Photo Awards – Shortlist
2019 6×6 World Press Photo Global Talent Program – Nominee
2019 Moscow International Foto Awards – Bronze Medal single image
2019 Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards – Finalist
2019 Les Coups de coeur de l’ANI at Visa Pour l’Image – Shortlist
2019 Aspa (Alghero Street Photography Awards) – Honorable mention single image
2019 Aspa (Alghero Street Photography Awards) – Semifinalist project
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Silver medal single image
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Bronze Medal project in “Life style” category
2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Bronze Medal project in “Photo Essay” category
2018 Px3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) – Honorable mention
2018 International Photo Awards – Honorable mention
2018 International Photo Awards – Honorable mention single image
2018 ITALY PHOTO AWARD/Premio Voglino – Finalist
2017 Umbria World Fest – Finalist emerging
2017 Concorso National Geographic Italia – Shortlist
2017 Reporter Day – Finalist
FESTIVAL
2022 41st NAFA International etnographic film festival Transylvania, Romania
2022 Lift-Off Global Network Berlin, Germany
2021 Astra Film Festival Sibiu, Romania
2020 Bdc Discoveries Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Astra Film Lab Winner of the Post-Production
Award Sibiu, Romania
2019 ZagrebDox Pro Zagreb, Croatia
SCREENING & EXHIBITIONS
2020 PX3 State Of The World – Paris, France
2020 Head On Photo Festival – Sydney, Australia
2019 Paris Photo Off, Galerie Joseph – Paris, France
2019 MT. ROKKO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL – Kobe, Japan
2019 International Photography Festival – Suwon, South Korea
2019 Yakushima Photo Festival – Yakushima, Japan
2019 Auckland Festival of Photography – Auckland, Australia
2019 Photolux Festival – Lucca, Italy
2019 LHAM Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CREDITS
Direction, cinematography, sound by ~
Jacopo Marzi
Photographer & Co-Cinematographer ~
Davide Bertuccio
Producer ~
Elena Santamaria
Sound design by ~
Lorenzo Sattin
Colorist ~
Davide Pini
Executive Producer ~
John Dodds
Production ~
Oxygene Film Production LTD (UK), JM Films (IT)