Okike (2019)

Okike
Italy – 2018

Director: Edoardo Ferraro
Screenplay: Edoardo Ferraro, Leonardo Accattoli
Runtime: 20’
Cast: Ousman Bah, Basirou Jallow, Alì Sherize, Enssa Monteiro, Laura Silvetti, Mario Pallotta
Editing: Federico Tummolo
Cinematography: Vanni Mastrantonio
Sound: Federico Tummolo
Production: Dibbuk Produzione di Leonardo Accattoli, GUS – Gruppo Umana Solidarietà Guido Puletti
Sales: Premiere Film, Valeriya Radkevych premierefilmdistribution@gmail.com
Language: Italian, English, Puular
Awards: Best Short Movie (Vittoria Peace Film Fest 2018)

Synopsis:
Okike is sitting in front of the board for the evaluation of issuing a humanitarian residence permit which will decide his fate. He does not speak Italian, but has so many things to say: the reason why he left his home country in Africa, the drama of the journey, Libya. He decides to do it through a video.

Edoardo Ferraro

Edoardo Ferraro
Edoardo Ferraro was born in Macerata in 1989. He studies at the Università Cattolica in Brescia, specializing in Sciences and Technologies of Arts and Show Business. He graduates with the essay “The need of violence from characters to viewers”, focusing on Michael Haneke’s filmography. He moves to Rome, where he studies cinematography at the ACT Multimedia for a year. He decides to apply for the three-year-course of directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where he is accepted at the beginning of 2013. His short film Colazione sull’erba has been selected for the 31st Settimana Internazionale della Critica at the 73th edition of Mostra del Cinema di Venezia. He has co – founded in Macerata Dibbuk Produzioni, a small company for which he directs spots and short films.

Filmography (as director):
2013 – Giochi a somma zero
2014 – Fanìa
2015 – Greta
2016 – Colazione sull’erba
2016 – Né leggere né scrivere
2018 – Okike
2018 – Il Vaccino

Okike (2019)

Edoardo Ferraro

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