FATTO IN ITALIA

Pietro Balla

Pietro Balla (Poirino, Turin, Italy, 1956-2021) earned his degree in political science; in 1985 he started making shows and documentaries for Italian television. His works include Illibatezza, 1949 - Nelle terre di Dio, Dérive Gallizio, Ballando nel fumo and I campioni di Olimpia. He created and produced the series Scatti di nera, with Michele Placido, for Fox International Channels Italia, and, between 2007 and 2008, he co-directed and produced with Monica Repetto the documentary Operai for Raitre. In 2008 the Venice Film Festival presented his documentary feature ThyssenKrupp Blues, directed and produced with Monica Repetto, his companion and main collaborator.

FILMOGRAFIA

Illibatezza (cm, 1994), Camerini ardenti (mm, doc., 1996), Amateurs (coregia Monica Repetto, cm, doc., 1999), Agathae, 3 giorni di fuoco e devozione (mm, doc., 1999), Amateurs 2 (coregia Monica Repetto, cm, doc., 2000), 1949 - Nelle terre di Dio 
(mm, doc., 2000), Dérive Gallizio (doc., 2000), Amori in fiamme (coregia Monica Repetto, mm, tv, 2002), Ballando nel fumo (doc., 2002), I campioni di Olimpia 
(doc., 2004), L’odore della gomma (mm, doc., 2005), Scatti di nera (tv, 2006), Operai (coregia Monica Repetto, doc., 2008), ThyssenKrupp Blues (coregia Monica Repetto, doc., 2008), Radio Singer (mm, doc., 2009), Nitro (mm, 2012), Il corpo dell'amore (tv, 2019).

Carlo Scarrone

Born in Mondovì in 1946, Carlo Scarrone is a film critic and co-founder of the Movie Club, for which he has lead the groups working on publishing and instruction. He is a teacher and consultant in visual education. Since 1983, he has written screenplays for Rai 3 such as II piacere dello schermo, Rosso Vita and A ritmo di pagaia. In 1986 he shot his first video - Navimodel 86 - for the exhibition Navimodel at the Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia Automobile Museum. With Pietro Balla he founded the Sirk Lamarr Division of the Factory Corporation in 1989.

FILMOGRAFIA

Navimodel 86 (video, 1986), Il raggio verde (video, 1989-91 , con Pietro Balla), Troppo trucido (video, 1991, con P Balla), L'ora del lupo (video, 1991, con Daniela Scarrone e Giovanna Massimetti), W W l'apartheid (video, 1991, con P. Balla), Cento vasche in un'ora (video, 1991, con P. Balla), Zampa di mulo (video, 1991, con P. Balla e G. Massimetti), Bulgarian Girls (video, 1991, con P. Balla), Morfeo ed Euridice (video, 1991), Ladro di bicicletta (video, 1991).

Giovanna Massimetti

Giovanna Massimetti (Chieti, 1954) lives in Turin, where she received her university degree in modem literatures. In 1978 she received a diploma as cultural worker in film from the Piedmont Region. In 1986 she moved to Rome to attend the School of Screenwriting of Age and Ettore Scola. She participated in past Turin Film Festivals with Mito T-Rito Rock (video, 1984), Cento vasche (1991), Troppo trucido (video, 1991) and Zampa di mulo (video, 1991). In 1991 she presented Finestre azzurre (video, 1991) and Made in Italy (video, 1991) at the Festival of Independent Film of Bellaria.