(out of competition, with the presence of the author)

Screening in collaboration with the Cineteca of Bologna

In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It’s going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors’ recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.

THE DIRECTOR

Stefano Savona, award-winning documentary filmmaker in Italy and around the world, from Palermo, transplanted in Paris, archaeologist and anthropologist, has been making video installations since 1999 (including "D-Day", presented at the Pompidou Center in 2005) and the popular "Primavera in Kurdistan" documentaries (2006), nominee for the David di Donatello, "Piombo fuso" (2009), Special Jury Award at the presenter Locarno jury, "Palazzo delle Aquile" (2011), together with Alessia Porto and Ester Paratore, winner of the Cinéma Grand Prix du Réel and "Tahrir Liberation Square" (2011), winner of the David di Donatello and the Nastro d'Argento.

The screening is in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna. The author Stefano Savona will be present to dialogue with the organizers of the Terra di Tutti Film Festival and with the director of the Cineteca Gian Luca Farinelli.