Martina Dall’Ara from Cesena won the award for directing the documentary with the best social theme in the Docudì documentary film competition in Pescara. The recognition went to ‘Suspended’, a work dedicated to global isolation in the times of the pandemic, which collects faces, voices and stories from 50 countries around the world.
Through impressive research and the director’s sociological gaze, one hundred life experiences of Italians in foreign places reveal perceptions and states of mind of a completely unexpected isolation, between uncertainty and confidence in the future. Windows on the world, which reconstruct the most important and overwhelming phenomenon of 2020. ‘Sospesi’ was in fact born in a specific moment of emergency for Italy. An emergency that turned out to be global. Borders closed, businesses closed, everyone locked in their homes.
“Covid-19 – is his comment – has caused mixed feelings and new hopes that I wanted to document, with the many faces and voices of those who have not experienced the Italian lockdown in person”.
Born in Cesena in 1990, Dall’Ara graduated in 2014 in Filmmaking & Multimedia Arts at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Naba) in Milan. She collaborates as a videographer with international magazines, including Rolling Stone Magazine, and local festivals. You also played the role of logger (video selection) for the making of the docufilm Italy in a Day, directed by Gabriele Salvatores, co-produced by Rai Cinema and Indiana Production in collaboration with Ridley Scott.
