IRENE DIONISIO

ITALY-FRANCE | 2015 | 60’

One day Mohsen Lidhabi, Tunisian postman and sculptor, bumped into a death body on the beach of Zarzis. Without asking himself too many questions, he decided to inhume him. This act provoked a huge debated and controversy among his community and among the supporters of Ben Ali. On another side of the Mediterranean, in Lampedusa, the same events happened to Vincenzo: he took the same decision as Mohsen Lidhabi and the community was really polemic about that. The two men and their story describe the struggle for dignity and human rights.

Irene Dionisio was born in Turin in 1986, where she lives and works. She has a degree in social and aesthetic philosophy at University of Turin. She attended the Master of documentaries, directed by Daniele Segre (2010), and the Master IED directed by Alina Marazzi. She is a freelance filmmaker and video artist with Fluxlab - of which she is co-founder- the  Galleria Moitre, Tempesta film, Mammut film and Vycky Film (Fr).