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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2013 - 19.28 July

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Category: Edition 2013

Synopsis
11-year-old Guillermo spends his days playing with his friends. One day, in the forest, they find a dying man, his uniform shows that he belongs to an illegal army group. The boys run away but, that night, Guillermo is worried that the man, though an enemy, might need his help.

Sinossi
Guillermo, 11 anni, passa le giornate a giocare con i suoi amici. Un giorno, nel bosco, trovano un uomo morente, la sua uniforme mostra che appartiene ad un gruppo di guerriglieri. I ragazzi scappano, ma, quella notte, Guillermo è preoccupato che l'uomo, anche se è un nemico, possa avere bisogno del suo aiuto.

 

 

 

Original Title TIERRA FÈRTIL
Italian Title TIERRA FÈRTIL
Category Official Competition
Section Masterclass Short Films
Tipology Short Film
Duration 12’ 27’’
Production Year 2012
Nationality Italy
Directed by Daniel Meja
Screenplay Francesca De Lisi, Luca Giordano, Daniel Mejia
Director of photography Giulia Ducci
Editor Sara Petracca
Production Design Camilo Barreto
Sound Diego Gomez, Valeria Cocuzza
Music Alessandro Grazian
Main cast Andres Fernando Nieto
David Esteban Delgado
Juan Jose Cardenas
Sebastian Contreras

 

Daniel Mejia directorDaniel Meja
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Daniel studied Films and Photography at UNITEC School in Bogotá. He shoot several short films, i.e. CUANDO TOCA IR, TOCA IR, INDECEPCIONES, (a co-direction with Luis Villa), ARTEFACTO (short film winner of a production grant by the Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematografico (FDC), Colombia in the 2005) and HISTORIAS MENORES that was filmed in 2010 thanks to a production grant given by The Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation. He has also worked as an assistant director for several feature films. He is currently enrolled at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografía at Rome, Italy, in the Film Directing class.

Daniel Meja
Nato a Bogotá, Colombia nel 1982, studia Cinema e Fotografia alla Unitec di Bogotá. Ha realizzato vari cortometraggi trai i quali: CUANDO TOCA IR, TOCA IR, INDECEPCIONES, una co-regia con il suo amico e collega Luis Fernando Villa, ARTEFACTO e HISTORIAS MENORES, progetto vincitore in vari concorsi di sceneggiatura. Ha lavorato come aiuto regista per la Rhayuela Films, Imaginaria Films e in alcuni lungometraggi. Attualmente frequenta il corso di regia del Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia a Roma, Italia.

 

 

 

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