Laura's Hereafter (second feature)

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Laura's Hereafter (Il domani di Laura)

Laura's Hereafter (Il domani di Laura)

Laura's Hereafter (Il domani di Laura)

original title:

Il domani di Laura

directed by:

cast:

Valentina Banci, Roberta Barbiero, Rosario Campisi, Paola Lushnjani, Gianni Andrei, Roberto Andrioli, Sonia Jael Colombo, Gabriele Giaffreda, Andrea Giuntini, Benedetta Giuntini, Anna Serena, Alessio Arzilli, Irene Barbugli, Vincenzo Puzziferri, Alessandro Timpanaro

cinematography:

Matteo Rosellini

editing:

Costantino Maiani, Matteo Rosellini

music:

Lorenzo Maiani

country:

Italy

year:

2019

film run:

82'

format:

HD - colour

festivals & awards:

  • Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival 2019: Miglior Film, Premio al Valore Culturale
  • Eastern Europe Film Festival 2020: Semi-finalist
  • Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival 2020: Best Actress (Valentina Banci)
  • Virgin Spring Cinefest 2020: Film on Women - Silver Award
  • Tagore International Film Festival 2020: Film on Women - Best Film
  • World Film Carnival - Singapore 2020: Film on Women - Best Film
  • Prague International Monthly Film Festival 2020: Feature Film - Honorary Mention
  • Direct Monthly Online Film Festival 2021: Best Feature Film of the Month
  • Best Feature Film Award 2021: Finalist
  • Art Film Awards – Monthly Competition 2021: Best Indie Feature Film
  • UK Monthly Film Festival 2021: Best Longer Film
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2021: Honorary Mention
  • Abbey Film Festival 2021: Official selection
  • Accord Cine Fest 2021: Best Women Film Feature, Best Actress (Valentina Banci)
  • ADIFF - Actor&Director Awards 2021: Best Feature Film
  • Älvsbyn Film Festival 2021: Official selection
  • Anatolia International Film Festival 2021: Official selection
  • International Film Festival of Andaman and Nicobar 2021: Best International Feature Film, Best Director (Costantino Maiani), Best Cinematography (Matteo Rosellini)
  • BIMIFF - Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival 2021: Best Actress (Valentina Banci)
  • Festival International du Film de Bretagne 2021: Official selection
  • Cardiff International Film Festival 2021: Official selection
  • Continental Film Awards 2021: Best European Fiction Feature, Best European Director (Costantino Maiani)
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival 2021: Best Film on Women
  • Sweet Democracy Film Awards 2021: Best Italian Indie Narrative Feature
  • Diglipur International Film Festival 2021: Best Women's Film - Feature Film
  • Festival International de Cinéma de Kinshasa FICKIN 2021: Official selection
  • Fresco International Festival of Modern Art and Spiritual Films 2021: Official selection
  • Golden Earth Film Award 2021: Best Feature Film
  • Gona Film Awards 2021: Special Jury Awards - Best Women's Feature Film
  • Havelock International Film Festival 2021: Best Actress (Valentina Banci), Special Jury Award - Best Musical Theme (Lorenzo Maiani)
  • High Tatras Film & Video Festival 2021: Finalist
  • Hollywood Indie Film Awards 2021: Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Valentina Banci)
  • Iconic Images Film Festival 2021: Semi-finalist
  • Indo French International Film Festival 2021: Best Women's Feature Film
  • Indo-Singapore International Film Festival 2021: Best Actress (Valentina Banci), Special Jury Award - Best Original Score for Feature Film (Lorenzo Maiani)
  • ISAFF - International Symbolic Art Film Festival 2021: Official selection
  • Košice International Monthly Film Festival 2021: Finalist
  • Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival 2021: Best Women's Film
  • New Cinema - Lisbon Monthly Film Festival 2021: Best Feature Film
  • London International Monthly Film Festival 2021: Finalist
  • Mokkho International Film Festival: Best Women's Film, Best Cinematography (Matteo Rosellini), Special Mention Award - Best Actress (Valentina Banci)
  • Nawada International Film Festival 2nd Season 2021: Best Foreign Director (Costantino Maiani)
  • Oasis Inter Continental Film Festival 2021: Best Picture, Best Director (Costantino Maiani)
  • Port Blair International Film Festival 2021: Best Women's Feature Film, Best Young Actress (Paola Lushnjani)
  • Red Movie Awards 2021: Official selection
  • Roshani International Film Festival 2021: Best Story Writer - 1st rank (Costantino Maiani), Best Producers - 2nd rank (Associazione Quarto Spazio)
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Sendependa 2021: Mejor Película, Mejor Actriz (Valentina Banci)
  • Stockholm City Film Festival 2021: Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Valentina Banci)
  • Super Indie Film Festival 2021: Official selection
  • Sweden Film Awards 2021: Finalist
  • Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards 2021: Official selection
  • Uruvatti International Film Festival 2021: Special Jury Award - Best Original Score International Feature Film (Lorenzo Maiani)
  • Venus International Film Festivals 2021: Special Jury Award - Best International Feature Film
  • Universal Film Festival 2021: Semi-finalist
  • Cinema of Nations 2021: Official selection
  • Cinemaking International Film Festival 2021: Best Classical Feature Film
  • 8 & HalFilm Awards 2021: Official selection
  • Ideal International Film Festival 2021: Best Director Women Empowerment (Costantino Maiani)
  • MGA - Moscow Gold Awards 2021: Best Feature Film, Best Drama
  • Shiny Sparkle Independent Online Film Festival 2021: Best Feature Film, Best Director/Feature (Costantino Maiani)
  • Paris International Women Festival 2022: Semi-finalist
  • Filmysea International Film Festival 2022: Best Indie Feature Film
  • Hamburg Film Awards 2022: Finalist
  • Snow Leopard International Film Festival 2022: Best Actress (Valentina Banci) - Honorary Mention
  • Film Girl Film Festival 2022: Official selection
  • Hodu International Film Festival 2022: Best International Feature Film, Best Film on Women Feature Film, Best Director Feature Film (Costantino Maiani), Best Actress Feature Film (Valentina Banci)
  • Atlanta Movie Awards 2022: Semi-finalist
  • Golden Eagle International Film Festival 2022: Best International Feature Film, Best Women's Feature Film, Best Director - Feature Film (Costantino Maiani)

Florence (Italy), present time.
Laura is a forty-five years old married woman, with a teenage daughter.
Laura starts to express a feeling of discomfort both at home and work, due to a sexual abuse: the abuse is never shown, or mentioned, except for two quick flashbacks, where the raper approaches Laura, who sees him in a POV shot. This shocking event undermines Laura's serenity. Her quality of life starts to get worse: she has nightmares, physical disease and abnormal behaviour.
A new director, Stefania, comes to the company where Laura is working: at first Laura is unable to have a good relation with her. Afterwards, a connection between them arises, thanks to Stefania, and the two women become friends.
Laura will find the strenght to open herself up to Stefania: she will talk to her about the sexual abuse and agree to go to a Center for women against violence, following the advice of her new friend.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
"Laura's Hereafter" is about violence against women.
The film is included in the project “Firenze Crowd - FondiAmo Comunità” (2018) promoted by the Foundation CR Firenze and the Foundation Il Cuore si Scioglie Onlus.
The violence against women is one of the main emergencies of today's society, both for its impact and for the severe psychological, relational and social effects on victims. Women who have been sexually assaulted enact a strategy of avoidance, removal and dissociation. Cultural prejudice and victim self-blaming usually make the impact on victims life quality even worse.
The director's aim is to face this complex issue from an infrequent point of view: the film doesn't show the act of violence - except for two mentioned flashbacks - but focuses on the negative effects the victim experiences, to the point that she is not able to go on with her normal life.
It has been regarded as more important to describe the discomfort experienced after the sexual abuse, than the act of violence itself. In order to deal with this topic correctly, the director has drawn on the expertise of Associazione Artemisia Anti Violence Center of Florence.