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Mami Wata

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Mami Wata

Mami Wata

original title:

Mami Wata

directed by:

Paola Beatrice Ortolani

cast:

Heyab Aglione, Cristina D’Alessandro, Gianfranco Gallo, Paolo Ricca, Simona Buono, Vincenza Gallucci, Maurizio Ricca

screenplay:

Paola Beatrice Ortolani

cinematography:

Daniel Di Meo

editing:

Paola Beatrice Ortolani

set design:

Monica La Barbera

costume design:

Monica La Barbera

music:

Sossio Noviello

production:

Comune di Contursi Terme (SA) con il supporto di BCC - Banca Buccino e Comuni Cilentani

distribution:

Save The Cut - Son of A Pitch [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

8'39"

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/01/2021)

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles - Italia 2022: The Italian Job
  • International Vesuvius Film Festival 2021: Official Selection
  • Corti in Cortile 2021: Concorso
  • Gold Elephant World - Catania Film Festival 2021: Catania Corto Italiana
  • VIFF - Varese International Film Festival 2021: Cortometraggi
  • Young & Short 2021: Multicultural
  • HIIFF - Heart International Italian Film Festival 2021 Official Selection - Migliore Fotografia, Migliore Giovane Cast, Migliore Montaggio
  • Cinema e Ambiente Avezzano 2021
  • Det Poetiske Fonotek 2021
  • Pompei Street Festival 2021: Point of Wiev
  • London X4 Seasonal Short Film Festival 2021: Official Selection
  • Premio SHINEMA 2021: Concorso
  • Procida International Film Festival 2021: Official Selection - Best Short Drama
  • Sezze Film Festival 2022: Miglior Attore Protagonista
  • Catania Film Festival 2022
  • Metropolis Film Festival 2022
  • Falvaterra Film Festival 2022
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022
  • Bardolino Film Festival 2022
  • Luoghi dell’Anima Italian Film Festival 2022
  • Ceylon International Film Festival 2022
  • BNP Paribas Green Film Festival 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Make Art Not Fear 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Granada – Premios Lorca 2022: Selezionato
  • World of Film International Festival of Glasgow 2022: Selezionato
  • CortoDino 2022: Selezionato
  • Cine Circle’s Women Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
  • Cine Circle Women’s Film Festival2022: Best Cinematography
  • CortoDino 2022: Miglior Attore (Gianfranco Gallo)
  • Make Art Not Fear 2022: Miglior Cortometraggio
  • Nexgn International Short Film Festival 2022: Quarter-Finalist
  • Nexgn International Short Film Festival 2022: Honorable Mention
  • Cortoconfine International Film Festival 2023: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Festival Angaelica 2023: Official Selection
  • Underground International Film Festival 2023: Official Selection
  • Cremano Film Festival 2023: Miglior Sceneggiatura
  • Castel Lagopesole International Short Film Festival 2023: Official Selection

Gaia lives with her adoptive grandmother in a country house. She has a special relationship with a white lily plant she grew in her grandmother’s land; every day she takes care of it. Cristina is the daughter of a very powerful businessman. She is different from the other children. Her skin, diaphanous because she is albino, creates a wall of distance with the surrounding reality. When her father, an unscrupulous man, is interested in Gaia’s grandmother’s land, Cristina rebels against him. Story of a pure and simple friendship, Mami Wata takes its name from an African godness, symbol of water and of the duality of nature: pure and pristine, rebel and free.