17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Italian Competition 1999 - Non Fiction
Prigionieri di una fede
by Ivano De Matteo
Country: Italy
Year: 1999
Duration: 24'
The ultras tell their own stories as if in a confessional booth without sin and without atonement
"Prisoners of a Faith can be defined as the «inside» of a documentary. It is the inside because usually a documentary is made by some outside person who is «shut» behind his or her telecamera and who documents the actions of a second being who is living in front of the lens unaware of the camera. When other individuals see this material later, they are led to think that they have seen, gotten to know, and understood the objects that are documented. The outside person does not exist in this documentary. Nobody is «shut» behind anything. The camera is «inside» the story. It lives and dies in the story among the people" (Ivano De Matteo).
Biography
film director
Ivano De Matteo
Ivano De Matteo (Rome, Italy, 1971) began his artistic career studying at the theatrical laboratory Il Mulino di Fiora, directed by Perla Peragallo. His documentary Prigionieri di una fede (1999) received a special mention at the 17TH Torino Film Festival, while Barricata San Calisto (2001) competed at various festivals, including Arcipelago and the Rome Film Festival. In 2002, he directed Ultimo stadio, in which he also starred. The film screened at the 25TH Festival du film italien in Villerupt, at the Zoom Festival of Italian Cinema in San Francisco, at the Open Road New Italian Cinema at Lincoln Center in New York and at the Seville Film Festival. He has also received numerous awards for his theatrical activity.
FILMOGRAFIA
Grazietante (cm, 1997), Prigionieri di una fede (cm, doc., 1999), Mentalità Ultras (doc., 2000), ProvocAzione (cm, doc., 2000), Barricata San Calisto (doc., 2001), Ultimo stadio (2002), Codice a sbarre (doc., 2005), Fermata Pigneto (doc., 2006), Sulla zattera (doc., 2006), Pillole di bisogni (cm, 2007), Requiem XIII (doc., 2007), Human Rights for All (ep. Articolo 10, cm, 2008), AMORE 09 (doc., 2009), Niente di personale (2009), La bella gente (2009).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, fotografia: Ivano De Matteo.
Editor: Luca Gasparini.
Production company: Hera International Film, via Nicotera 29, 00195 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-3223248, fax +39-06-3223235, e-mail berz.int@liobero.it.
Editor: Luca Gasparini.
Production company: Hera International Film, via Nicotera 29, 00195 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-3223248, fax +39-06-3223235, e-mail berz.int@liobero.it.
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