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Melina

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original title:

Melina

directed by:

David Valolao

cast:

Melina Riccio Carmela

screenplay:

David Valolao

cinematography:

David Valolao

editing:

David Valolao

set design:

Debora Gornati

music:

Marco Valentino

producer:

David Valolao

distribution:

Premiere Film [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

10'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/01/2021)

festivals & awards:

  • Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries & Shorts 2022: Short
  • Trame Indipendenti 2022: Audience Award
  • Nano Film Festival 2022: Best Documentary
  • Italian Green Film Festival 2022: Golden Leaf Solidarietà
  • Fidba – International Documentary Film Festival Buenos Aires International Film Festival Zoom 2022
  • Climate Action Film Festival 2022
  • Sorsi Corti Short Film festival 2022
  • Visioni Corte International short film festival 2022
  • Ennesimo Film Festival 2022
  • Faito Doc Festival 2022
  • Lucania Film Festival 2021: Audience Award
  • Ortometraggi Film Festival 2021: Best Documentary
  • Videoconcorso Francesco Pasinetti 2021: Best Documentary, Coop Award
  • Valdarnocinema Film Festival 2021: Best Documentary
  • Matiff - Matera Art International Film Festival 2021: Best Documentary
  • Drama International Short Film Festival 2021
  • Linz International Short Film Festival 2021
  • Cineglobe Film Festival 2021
  • Green Montenegro Film Festival 2021
  • Civitanova Film Festival 2021
  • Clorofilla Film Festival 2021
  • Flight – Mostra Internazionale Del Cinema Di Genova 2021
  • Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival 2021
  • Cinema & Ambiente Avezzano 2021
  • Archiba – Urban Film Fest 2021
  • Bardolino Film Festival 2021
  • Ariano International Film Festival 2021
  • Asti International Film Festival 2021
  • Urban Visions Beyond The Ideal City 2021
  • Foggia Film Festival 2021
  • Wolf Film Festival 2021
  • Costaiblea Film Festival 2021
  • Palladium Film Festival Roma 2021
  • Castello Film Festival 2021
  • Social Film Festival 2021
  • Mediterraneo Festival Corto 2021
  • EcoCine 2021: in Concorso
  • Euganea Film Festival 2021: in Concorso
  • BCT Festival Nazionale del cinema e della televisione 2021: in Concorso

All alone and with an extraordinary amount of willpower, Melina has chosen to undertake a journey into the unknown, sacrificing her own family to defend Holy Mother Earth from the state of blindness in which men live. The rubbish that has invaded every corner of this world expresses and confirms humanity's actions against nature. Melina's mission is a demiurgic effort to restore light into people's hearts and to physically reinstate order within the disorder of the everyday. This documentary depicts the humble and silent work of a woman who has given her life for her fellow beings.