Journey into Gaza
Piero Usberti | France, Italy | 2024 | 67'
IN COLLABORATION WITH


Screenings
Sat 22 March H 19:00
Section
Original title
Voyage à Gaza
Synopsis
"In Gaza, you have to arrive in the evening, in springtime, lock yourself in your room and listen to the sounds coming in through the open windows... We are in 2018. I’m 25 years old and a foreign traveller. I meet young Palestinians my own age".
Cast
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Films Distribution
Andolfi, Patrizia Roletti
Production
Andolfi
Editing
Piero Usberti
Cinematography
Piero Usberti
Editing
Piero Usberti
Language
Italian, Arabic
Subtitles
Italian
Premiere
Italian Première
Main awards
CNCJury Special Mention (Cinéma du Réel 2024), Youth Award (Porto Post Doc, 2024), Public Grand Prize (CinéAlma 2024), New Talent Prize (CorsicaDoc, 2024).
Biography
Piero Usberti was born in Italy in 1992, studied philosophy at the University of Turin before dedicating himself to directing. He is also an actor, particularly in the films of his brother, Tommaso Usberti. In the spring of 2018, he spent three months in Gaza as a guest at the Italian Cultural Exchange Center (VIK), founded by Meri Calvelli, for Italian-Palestinian cultural exchange.
Filmography
2024 - Journey into Gaza, ff
2024 - La nuit de Martino, sf
2020 - La comète, sf
2017 - Un altro giorno, sf