The usual New York appointment with Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival this year also features an Italian film in competition. Let’s see which one.
There will also be a bit of Italy in the 2024 edition of Tribeca Film Festivalan unmissable event for cinephiles in southern Manhattan born from the will of Robert De Niro, which will take place from June 5th to 16th. Don’t tell me you’re scared (Samia)second feature film directed by Yasemin Shamdereli, in collaboration with Deka Mohamed Osmanwill in fact be presented in the Competition, in the section International Narrative Competitionas the only film to represent Italy in the event.
Based on the international bestseller of the same name by Giuseppe Catozzella (published in Italy by Feltrinelli), the film is produced by Indyca with Rai Cinema, New Bioskop Film, Tarantula, Bim Productionin co-production with Momento Film, VOO, Be tv And Shelter Prod, Film i Vastin collaboration with The Piranesi Experience And Cinepost.
The film is also made with the support of the Ministry of Culture MiC, with the contribution of the Apulia Film Fund of the Apulia Film Commission and the Puglia Region using resources from the POR Puglia FESR-FSE 2014/2020, Film Commission Turin Piedmont, Eurimage – Council of Europe and Creative Europe Media Program.
The story of Don’t tell me you’re afraid
Samia was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, during a terrible civil war.
At the age of 9 he discovered that he had a great talent: he ran faster than everyone else. With the help of her best friend Ali, Samia turns this talent into a dream: representing Somalia at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Samia comes last in the women’s 200m race, but the whole world cheers for her in a truly magical moment.
Upon returning to Somalia, Samia becomes the target of reprisals from the country’s Islamic rulers because she ran without a veil, an unforgivable mortal sin. Risking her life, the girl decides to undertake the journey to reach Europe. Samia’s story tells the courage of a young woman who challenges a brutal regime and fights for her freedom and her future.
