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 “ This is my house, but over there in Richiș, I feel at home.”







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




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)












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