Burnt. Land of Fire | The Art of Connection: People, Places, Plants (shorts program) | 2023 ReFrame Film Festival

2023 ReFrame Film Festival

The Art of Connection: People, Places, Plants (shorts program)

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The Art of Connection: People, Places, Plants is a shorts program; multiple films are part of this screening. The collective runtime is 74 minutes.

Inspired by the migration of young people to the cities of the north, "Grigio. Terra bruciata" ("Burnt. Land of Fire") tells about what's left in the village and how the older people live the last years of their life. Just like elderly faces changed by time, the walls of the unfinished houses decay slowly, returning to nature. This film is about a place that transformed alongside the people who live there.

Watch this film as part of the shorts program "The Art of Connection: People, Places, Plants" in the ReFrame Virtual Theatre.

Year
2020
Runtime
14 minutes
Language
Italian

Director
Ben Donateo
Screenwriter
Ben Donateo
Producer
Ben Donateo, Jenny Covelli
Executive Producer
Jenny Covelli
Co-Producer
Enea Zucchetti
Cast
Paola Sirianni, Maria Sirianni
Cinematographer
Ben Donateo
Editor
Tommaso Donati, Ben Donateo
Sound Design
Ben Donateo

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Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: Canada.

The Art of Connection: People, Places, Plants is a shorts program; multiple films are part of this screening. The collective runtime is 74 minutes.

Inspired by the migration of young people to the cities of the north, "Grigio. Terra bruciata" ("Burnt. Land of Fire") tells about what's left in the village and how the older people live the last years of their life. Just like elderly faces changed by time, the walls of the unfinished houses decay slowly, returning to nature. This film is about a place that transformed alongside the people who live there.

Watch this film as part of the shorts program "The Art of Connection: People, Places, Plants" in the ReFrame Virtual Theatre.

Year
2020
Runtime
14 minutes
Language
Italian

Director
Ben Donateo
Screenwriter
Ben Donateo
Producer
Ben Donateo, Jenny Covelli
Executive Producer
Jenny Covelli
Co-Producer
Enea Zucchetti
Cast
Paola Sirianni, Maria Sirianni
Cinematographer
Ben Donateo
Editor
Tommaso Donati, Ben Donateo
Sound Design
Ben Donateo