io sono / je suis / nan wan
In Kouandé, in northern Benin, the protagonists are also the authors: children who film their own story.
Production details
Synopsis
Using the language of participatory documentary, a small crew composed of sound recordist Davide and camera operators Eleonora and Alessandro, with the cultural mediation of Elisa, travels from south to north across Benin, the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey, a land rich in history and multiple cultures.
Across five chapters, the film attempts to give shape to an overwhelming beauty alongside its irreducible contradictions. The freedom to look and listen makes it possible to discover the country and identify the secret behind more than 40 years of peace in Benin: interreligious dialogue.
School is Benin’s wager on the future, in a country with a very young population full of ambition and hope. Yet dark shadows also loom over Bariba children accused of witchcraft.
A source of hope comes from the encounter with the young residents of the Internat de Kouandé, halfway between a boarding school and an orphanage run by Augustinian nuns, offering a safe refuge for children and girls coming mostly from impoverished rural villages in northern Benin.
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Credits
io sono / je suis / nan wan
is a film by Alessandro De Filippo
Directed by
Alessandro De Filippo
Production
Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania, PNRR C-Fabit Project
Executive Production
Giuseppe Consales
Sound
Davide Ferro
Cinematography
Alessandro De Filippo
Eleonora Randazzo
Original Music
Carlo Natoli
Editing
Felice Scuderi
Post-production Assistant
Eleonora Randazzo
Post-production Supervision
Color correction and optimization
Donato Canosa
Cultural Mediation
Elisa Zaccagna
Translations
Beatrice Bizzini
Monica De Luca
Marta Privitera
Alioune Badara Gueye
Press Office
Carmela Grasso
Scientific Coordinator – PNRR C-Fabit Project
Gianpiero Vincenzo
RUP (Project Manager)
Alessandro Blancato
Administration – ABA Catania
Mara Sileci
Giuliana Fratantoni
Cristina Comis
Antonio Musumarra
Patrizia Grasso
Permits, Logistics and Security
NGO Anan
Catering & Accommodation (Pahou)
Abibatou Mawugbe
Insurance
Allianz, Ragusa Branch
Saro Canzonieri
Travel Agency
Teriaca Travel Point – Mascalucia
Academy of Fine Arts of Catania
As part of the PNRR C-Fabit project, fifteen students from the Film Course of the Academy of Fine Arts of Catania support lecturer-directors on international sets, taking part in all stages of production and post-production.
Backstage
