Land before my eyes

(Italy, HDV, colour, 16:9, 60’)

Written and directed by GAIA ADDUCCHIO

Production: FLY FILM S.r.l.
Voice off: ELIO GERMANO
Director of photography: PINA MASTROPIETRO
Music: GIOVANNI CHIAPPARINO
Editor: FERNANDO DE LEO e GIUSI SANTORO

State founded  documentary, recognized to be of Cultural Interest by the Italian Ministero dei Beni Artistici e Culturali – Direzione Generale del Cinema.
With the support of  the village council of San Giuliano di Puglia and with the support of Victims of the Elementary School Committee.

Synopsis

How can the loss of an entire generation be overcome? The death and resurrection of a village in Southern Italy.
In October 2002 a terrible earthquake struck the small town of San Giuliano di Puglia, killing 27 children and forcing the entire population to abandon the historic town centre and move to temporary accommodation a few hundred meters away.
After years, the skeletons of buildings dismembered by the violence of the quake have been replaced by scaffolding and construction works, yet the grief following the loss of children is more alive now than ever.

Ran in competition at film festivals including:

2012 – Foggia Film Festival, Foggia, Italy 
http://www.foggiafilmfestival.it
2012 – 25° FIPA, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, France
http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/
2012 – FEST, “Directors Frame”, Espinho, Portugal
http://fest.pt/
2012 – Culture Unplugged – Humanity Explored Film Festival, India | USA | Indonesia | Nuova Zelanda
www.cultureunplugged.com
2011 – FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL FILM DI ROMA – “Vetrina dei giovani cineasti italiani” – 6° edition, Rome, Italy
www.romacinemafest.it
2011 – “Hai visto mai?” Festa del Documentario – 6° edition, Siena, Italy
http://www.haivistomai.it/
2011 – Molise Cinema – 9° edition, Casacalenda, Italy 
http://www.molisecinema.it/
2011 – Festival del Cinema Invisibile di Lecce  – 6° edition, Lecce, Italy
http://digilander.libero.it/fioridifuoco/