Film Teaser ‘Waking Hours’ Venecia: smugglers of Afghan people

Vigil hours It is the debut documentary of Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, which will celebrate its world premiere on Thursday, September 4, in the competition section of the Week of Venice Critics (Setimana Internazionale della Critica), an independent event that will take place during the Venice Film Festival.

The film of the producer based in Rome, Volos Films Italy, in co -production with the Cosma film by Roberto Minervini and in collaboration with Rai Cinema, takes us to a night trip with a clan of Afghan smuggers on the edge of the European Union, allowing illegal border crossings between Serbia and a member of the EU Hungary.

They are “waiting for those who will take through the border, wandering through the labyrinth of an insomnia and perpetual night,” says a synopsis. “On the edge of the forest, the shady human figures gather around the fire, while the echo distant from shooting reverberates during the night. Not far away, a sharp metal wall marks the beginning of Europe.”

Filmmakers provide an idea of ​​the genesis of doc. “Vigil hours It emerges from the depths of the forest, not as a backdrop but as a living body: a place of disorientation, transformation and fragile refuge, “explains Cammarata and Foscarini.” Throughout the Balkan route, the Vérité cinema and the theater merge in a poetic counteract that reveals without completely showing the space to listen. The forest is our boat; Cinema, our passage. ”

Stefano Centini of Volos Films Italy says: “We met the project at the Bellaria Film Festival, where the directors launched it during [an] (En) Emergenza [section session]. It was clear that Vigil hours It offers not only a unique look in a world that we rarely see from an internal perspective, but also a daring work of two next directors who chose to face this issue with the necessary formal research and the visual approach. ”

He concludes: “They are digging a personal perspective that covers the mere” function “of the characters and highlights something more universal about the human condition. We are excited to present this bold film.”

THR You can debut the first teaser to Vigil hours Before its world debut in the program of the Venice Critics Week that extends until September 6, as part of the 82nd International Film Festival in Venice. “How did you feel crossing the border?” It is a mocked question in the clip that presents darkness and fire.

“I know that it is often said, but this movie is really unique, not only in the content it is showing, but in how it is shown,” says Tommaso Priva de Luminalia. “Vigil hours It offers a migration perspective that had not been seen before. After having worked for a year at a refugee center in Italy, I took advantage of that experience in the creation of Luminalia. Bring movies like Vigil hours The public means facing stereotypes and encouraging us to reflect, and even question, the notions of ‘we’ and ‘they’ ‘.

Look at the first teaser to Vigil hours below.