14° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Italian Competition 1996 - Non Fiction
IN SOSPENSIONE (SU PALERMO)
A portrait of Palermo through the space above the city, an exploration of the nonplace of communication through cellular phones.
Biography
film director
Salvo Cuccia
Salvo Cuccia (Palermo, Italy, 1951) conducts research in video art, fiction, and new forms of documentaries. He has made approximately one hundred works (videos, shorts, documentaries, installations, performances). In 2005, Martin Scorsese presented his documentary Détour De Seta at the Tribeca Festival. He is the creator and artistic director of the series ALBASUITE - 9 Docs about Arbëreshë culture. In 2013, his documentary Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily was presented out of competition at the 70th Venice Film Festival. In 2015, he made his first fiction feature film, Lo scambio.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Duo with Peter Kowald (cm, 1993), Angelica (doc., 995), Palermo (doc., 1996), Un sogno di lumaca (cm, 1995), Cieli altissimi retrocedenti (doc., 1998), Ce ne ricorderemo, di questo pianeta (doc., 2000), Détour De Seta (doc., 2004), Rockarbëresh (doc., 2007), Fuori Rotta (doc., 2008), Summer 82 When Zappa Came to Sicily (doc., 2013), Il soldato innamorato (doc., 2015), Lo scambio (2015), La pelle del tempo (cm, 2019).
Cast
& Credits
Screenplay: Salvo Cuccia, Gianni Gebbia, Roberto Paci Dalò.
Editor: Ivan Monterosso.
Director of photography: Angelo Strano.
Music: Gianni Gebbia.
Sound: Natale Lopes, Roberto Paci D'Alò.
Production company and Italian distribution: Avalon, viale Regione Siciliana 2217, 90100 Palermo, tel. +39091400635.