Country/ies
Italy
Production
Paolo Benzi
Editor
Length
78
Original Language
Original language
Status
Completed
Completed in
2011
Eurodoc Participant
Eurodoc Producer
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Year participation
2009
Distribution
Giacomo is an eighteen years old deaf boy. In a small village in Northeast Italy, where the plain precedes the sea, Giacomo has just taken his high school diploma and he attends the event which will change his life: an operation that shall enable him to discover a new world he only knew in a truncated way. Learning to recognize and how to accept the new sounding world, Giacomo will live his own and unique coming of age the time of one year.
Festivals & Awards
2012 ACID (France) - Séance spéciale
2012 Images en bibliothèques (France) - Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques
2012 Magritte du cinéma (Belgium) - Nomination Meilleur Documentaire
2011 Festival dei Popoli (Italy) - Special Mention
2011 Festival internazionale del film Locarno (Switzerland) - Léopard d'Or, Cinéastes du présent
2011 EntreVues, Festival du film de Belfort (France) - Grand Prix & Prix Documentaire sur Grand Écran
2012 Images en bibliothèques (France) - Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques
2012 Magritte du cinéma (Belgium) - Nomination Meilleur Documentaire
2011 Festival dei Popoli (Italy) - Special Mention
2011 Festival internazionale del film Locarno (Switzerland) - Léopard d'Or, Cinéastes du présent
2011 EntreVues, Festival du film de Belfort (France) - Grand Prix & Prix Documentaire sur Grand Écran
Production & financial support