The Little One (Film) (first feature) (La pivellina)

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original title:

La pivellina

directed by:

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

cast:

Patrizia Gerardi, Asia Crippa, Tairo Caroli, Walter Saabel

screenplay:

Tizza Covi

cinematography:

Rainer Frimmel

editing:

Tizza Covi

producer:

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

production:

Vento Film, supported by Provincia Alto Adige/Bolzano

distribution:

Officine Ubu [Italy]

world sales:

Playtime [France]

country:

Italy/Austria

year:

2009

film run:

100'

format:

Super 16mm - colour

aspect ratio:

1.66:1

release date:

14/05/2010

festivals & awards:

FICX Gijón International Film Festival 2018: Tizza Covi / Rainer Frimmel
Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla 2014: Focus Europe: Austria
Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia 2013: Cine Jeunesse
Festival International de Films de Femmes 2011: Section parallèle
BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2010: Special Event - Unicef Award
Berlinale 2010: Generation Kplus
Cinessonne - European Film Festival 2010: Tribute
CPH PIX 2010: European Voices
Göteborg Film Festival 2010: Critic's Week
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2010: Global Vision
Indielisboa 2010: International Competition: Distribution Award
International Film Festival of Uruguay 2010: Selección Oficial
Istanbul Film Festival 2010: From the World of Festivals
Jeonju International Film Festival 2010: Cinemafest
LA Film Festival 2010: International Showcase
LIFFe - Ljubljana International Film Festival 2010: Panorama
Melbourne International Film Festival 2010: Next Gen
Moscow International Film Festival 2010: 8 ½ Films
Motovun Film Festival 2010: Main Programme
New Directors/New Films 2010
Pune International Film Festival 2010: World Competition
San Francisco International Film Festival 2010: New Directors
Shanghai International Film Festival 2010: Focus Italy
The European First Film Festival of Angers 2010: In Competition
TIFF-Transilvania International Film Festival 2010: Supernova
Tromsø International Filmfestival 2010: Horizons
Ajaccio Italian Film Festival 2009: Jury Award: Special Mention
Annecy Cinema Italien 2009: Special Jury Prize; Best Actress (Patrizia Gerardi)
Cinéalma - L’âme de la méditerranée 2009: Prix du Coeur
Cinemed - Festival Cinema Mediterranéen Montpellier 2009: Avant-Premières
Denver Film Festival 2009: Contemporary World Cinema
Festival de Cannes 2009: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
Festival do Rio 2009: Expectativa 2009
FICX Gijón International Film Festival 2009: Best Feature Film; Best Actress (Patrizia Gerardi)
Haifa International Film Festival 2009: Panorama
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009: Open Eyes
Les Rencontres du Cinéma Italien à Grenoble et en Isère 2009: Différence
Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival 2009: Grand prix – Scythian Deer: Best Film; Yves Montand prize for best acting (Patrizia Gerardi
Mostra Internacional de Cinema 2009: Perspective
Mumbai International Film Festival 2009: Gran Jury Prize for First Feature Film
Reykjavík International Film Festival 2009: New Visions
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2009: Gala Screenings / Spotlight
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2009: Discovery
Vancouver International Film Festival 2009: Cinema of Our Time
Viennale 2009: Features
Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2009: In Competition
World Film Festival Of Bangkok 2009: World Cinema

Abondoned, the two-year-old girl Asia is found by Patti, a circus woman living with her husband Walter in a trailer park in San Basilio on the outskirts of Rome. With the help of Tairo, a 13-year- old boy who lives with his grandma in an adjacent container, Patti starts to search for the girl's mother. La Pivellina is a film about a cosmos of outcasts in present-day Italy: a tale of courage and disrcrimination, of loss and togetherness, a look behind the corrugated-iron fence of a gated community.

The Little One (Film) (first feature) (La pivellina)

by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel