On the occasion of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, Spazio Berlendis presents the short film La donna della Barena. The screening will be Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m.
The film is directed by Alessandro Russo, a young Venetian filmmaker born in 1995 who has already won numerous national and international awards, including the Rome International Movie Awards and the 8 & Halfilm Awards in Italy, the Frida Film Festival in France and the Santa Dev International Film Festival in India.
The story focuses on the figure of Anna, a city girl pushed by events to reflect on her origins, starting with the rediscovery of the places of her childhood. The viewer is accompanied to reflect on the past – and future – of Venice, the ideal setting for the dialogue between the roots and challenges of the generation the protagonist represents. Made over the course of a year, the filming took place in the municipality of Lio Piccolo (Venice), also involving students from the Master’s in “Fine Arts in Filmmaking” Challenge School at Ca’ Foscari University.