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Spera Teresa

original title:

Spera Teresa

directed by:

Damiano Giacomelli

cast:

Rebecca Liberati, Iva Zanicchi, Stanley Igbokwe

screenplay:

Damiano Giacomelli

cinematography:

Cristiano Coini

editing:

Damiano Giacomelli

production:

YUK! film, Sushi Adv.

distribution:

Premiere Film [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2019

film run:

15'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (12/10/2019)

festivals & awards:

  • Turin Film Festival 2019: Italiana.corti - Best Short
  • Lago film fest 2020: Concorso nazionale
  • Sulmona film festival 2020: Concorso - Miglior Cortometraggio Italiano
  • Figari film fest 2020: Concorso cortometraggi italiani
  • Laceno d'oro 2019: concorso cortometraggi

Teresa is a young disabled singer determined to be somebody in the world of traditional Italian music, despite the difficulties due to her physical condition, the post-seismic context and her freaky helpers. A mockumentary entirely shot with local actors in a brand new district created around a container area, after the 2016 center Italy earthquak