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A Ciambra (second feature)

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A Ciambra

A Ciambra

A Ciambra

original title:

A Ciambra

directed by:

Jonas Carpignano

cast:

Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato

screenplay:

Jonas Carpignano

cinematography:

Tim Curtin

editing:

Affonso Gonçalves

set design:

Marco Ascanio Viarigi

costume design:

Nicoletta Taranta

music:

Dan Romer

producer:

Jon Coplon, Paolo Carpignano, Ryan Zacarias, Gwyn Sannia, Rodrigo Teixeira

production:

Stayblack, RT Features, Rai Cinema, DCM, Haut et Court, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Sikelia Productions, Film I Vast, Filmgate, with the support of Lucana Film Commission, Fondazione Calabria Film Commission

distribution:

Academy Two [Italy], Demiurg [Albania], Zeta Films [Argentina], DCM [Austria], Arti Film [Belgium], Demiurg [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Providence Filmes - Pandora [Brazil], IFC Films - Sundance Selects [Canada], Time in Portrait [China], Demiurg [Croatia], Angel Films [Denmark], MAD Solutions [Egypt], Haut et Court [France], Dcm [Germany], Strada Films [Greece], Peccadillo Pictures [Ireland], Musashino Entertainment [Japan], ND Mantarraya [Mexico], Arti Film [Netherlands], Storytelling Media [Norway], Vivarto - Bomba Film [Poland], Leopardo Filmes [Portugal], Demiurg [Serbia], Demiurg [Slovenia], DCM [Switzerland], Fabula Film [Turkey], MAD Solutions [United Arab Emirates], Peccadillo Pictures [United Kingdom], IFC Films - Sundance Selects [United States]

world sales:

LuxBox [France]

country:

Italy/USA/France/Germany

year:

2017

film run:

120'

format:

16mm/DCP - colour

release date:

31/08/2017

festivals & awards:

In A Ciambra, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is in a hurry to grown up. At 14 he already drinks, smokes and tries to follow his older brother Cosimo everywhere, through him he learns how to navigate the streets of their hometown. One night, Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.