Jonas Carpignano
January 16, 1984 · 42 years old
Jonas Carpignano is a filmmaker based in Gioia Tauro. His short films have been shown in film festivals around the world including Venice, Cannes, SXSW and New Directors/New Films. In 2011 his short film A CHJANA, won the Best Short Film at the 68th Venice Film Festival and was awarded a Nastro D’Ar…
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A Ciambra
In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees an...
War Pony
The interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
A Chiara
Follows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
Mediterranea
Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.