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Bangarang

Bangarang

original title:

Bangarang

directed by:

Giulio Mastromauro

screenplay:

Giulio Mastromauro

cinematography:

Sandro Chessa

editing:

Gianluca Scarpa, Cristina Barillari

music:

Bruno Falanga

producer:

Virginia Gherardini, Giulio Mastromauro

production:

Zen Movie, Dispàrte, Nuovo Imaie, with the support of Apulia Film Commission

distribution:

Zen Movie [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2023

film run:

75'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (27/09/2023)

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles - Italia 2025: Docu is Beautiful
  • BIF&ST – Bari International Film& Festival 2024: Eventi speciali
  • Cinemambiente - Environmental Film Festival 2024: Made in Italy
  • Mostra Internacional de Cinema 2024: Competicao Novos Diretores
  • Rome Film Fest 2023: Alice nella città - Panorama Italia - Special Jury Prize
  • Globi d'Oro 2024: Nomination Miglior Documentario
  • Beyond Borders 2024: Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival - Premio FIPRESCI
  • Heartland Film Festival 2024: Feature Documentary Competition
  • Film Festival Kitzbuhel 2024: Documentary Competition
  • Seoul International Eco Film Festival 2024: Documentary Competition
  • Mediteran Film Festival 2024: Feature Documentary Competition
  • Nastri d'Argento 2024: Finalista Miglior Documentario
  • BCT 2024: Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione di Benevento - Premio Valentina Pedicini (Miglior Documentario), Premio Giuria Studenti
  • Ischia Film Festival 2024: Concorso Lungometraggi
  • Social World Film Festival 2024: Concorso Settimana della Critica - Miglior Sceneggiatura
  • Life After Oil 2024: Premio Giuseppe Ferrara (Miglior Documentario)
  • Ariano International Film Festival 2024: Miglior Documentario
  • Siciliambiente 2024: Menzione Speciale
  • Est Film Festival 2024: Concorso Documentari

Children can be loud, carefree, playful, unaware, violent. Also in Taranto, an industrial city in Southern Italy which has the largest steel mill factory in Europe since the 1960s. Observing their movements and listening to their emotions, we enter the world of childhood while losing ourselves in the present of this territory, the scene of one of the most serious health and environmental disasters in Italian and European history. Bangarang is Jamaican word meaning tumult, disorder, chaos.