31° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
TFFDOC/ITALIANA.DOC
STRIPLIFE
by Andrea Zambelli, Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, Nicola Grignani, Valeria Testagrossa
Country: Italy
Year: 2013
Duration: 64'
The Gaza Strip. Something inexplicable happened overnight: dozens of manta rays got beached. Fishermen pushing carts flock to the shores to grab as many as they can. Meanwhile the city wakes up. Antar urges the brother to wake up: it’s a big day for him, he will be recording his first album that afternoon. Noor is putting her make up on, she will be appearing in front of the cameras. Jabber is already in the field, surrounded by gunfire. A demonstration is marching down the streets. Moemen is there to do his job: he is a photographer. A boat returns to the harbor, its hull is riddled by bullet holes. The muezzin’s call to prayer echoes is the air, multiplied by the minarets. The members of the Parkour Team twirl around in a cemetery like in a dream.
Biography
film director
Nicola Grignani
Nicola Grignani founded the collective Teleimmagini in 2002 with Alberto Mussolini and Luca Scaffidi. He and Filippo Ticozzi then directed, for Marcopolo, the series of documentaries Il paese sottile (2007).
FILMOGRAFIA
Nicola Grignani:
Il paese sottile (coregia/codirector Filippo Ticozzi, doc., 2007), Historias de Guatemala (doc., 2008), Un pagamu, la tassa della paura (coregia/codirectors Claudio Metallo, Mico Meloni, doc., 2010).
Nicola Grignani, Valeria Testagrossa, Andrea Zambelli:
Striplife (coregia/codirectors Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, doc., 2013).
Alberto Mussolini
Alberto Mussolini graduated from the DAMS in Bologna. He works for the Kreative Lab in Milan.
Luca Scaffidi
Luca Scaffidi (Milan, Italy, 1978) is a videomaker and photography director. He organized projects for Indymedia, New Global Vision, and Telestreet.
Valeria Testagrossa
Valeria Testagrossa studied journalism at Westminster University in London, and worked for “The Guardian.”
FILMOGRAFIA
Nicola Grignani, Valeria Testagrossa, Andrea Zambelli:
Striplife (coregia/codirectors Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, doc., 2013).
Andrea Zambelli
(Bergamo, 1975) participated at the 2008 Torino Film Festival and the next year at the Toronto Film Festival with From Mother to Daughter. He collaborated with Davide Ferrario on After Midnight (2003) and Primo Levi’s Journey (2005). Along with Alberto Mussolini and Luca Scaffidi, they directed Striplife, which won the Jury Special Prize, the Avanti! Award and the Gandhi Award at the 2013 Torino Film Festival. In Turin he also presented Rino - La mia ascia di guerra and Irrawaddy mon amour, both shot in 2015, followed by another documentary Killing Time (2018).
FILMOGRAFIA
Farebbero tutti silenzio (doc., cm, 2001), Deheishe Refugees Camp (cm, doc., 2002), 052 (cm, 2002), Identità (mm, doc., 2003), MisuraXmisura (mm, doc., 2004), Nightshot (mm, videoclip, 2005), Mercancìa (cm, doc., 2006), Di madre in figlia (doc., 2008), Striplife (coregia/codirectors Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, doc., 2013), Rino - La mia ascia di guerra (doc., 2015), Irrawaddy mon amour (doc., 2015), Killing Time (doc., 2018), A guardia di un fede (doc., 2023).
Declaration
film director
“Striplife is a choral film about the Gaza Strip. During the narrative timespan of a day, the characters’ stories merge with the description of the environmental context. Men and women resisting, capable of tenderness and smiles, determined not to succumb to seemingly impossible life conditions. […] It’s not a film on Gaza, but a film with Gaza.”
Cast
& Credits
REGIA, FOTOGRAFIA
Nicola Grignani, Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, Valeria Testagrossa, Andrea Zambelli
SOGGETTO, SCENEGGIATURA
Teleimmagini
MONTAGGIO
Luca Gasparini
musica/music
Walter Buonanno
INTERPRETI
Jaber Abu Ryila, Mohammed Antar, Majd Antar, Noor Harazeen, Gaza Parkour Team, Moemen Faiz, Fatima Raanan, Salem Abu Sidu
PRODUTTORE
Raffaele Aspide
DISTRIBUZIONE
Vivo Film
Nicola Grignani, Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, Valeria Testagrossa, Andrea Zambelli
SOGGETTO, SCENEGGIATURA
Teleimmagini
MONTAGGIO
Luca Gasparini
musica/music
Walter Buonanno
INTERPRETI
Jaber Abu Ryila, Mohammed Antar, Majd Antar, Noor Harazeen, Gaza Parkour Team, Moemen Faiz, Fatima Raanan, Salem Abu Sidu
PRODUTTORE
Raffaele Aspide
DISTRIBUZIONE
Vivo Film
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