Land hopes of one young swimmer Indian who sees his future will waver with the arrival of first cycle. The commitment of two friends to excel in the biggest street dance competition in the world in Paris. The captain of the women’s team Iranian football detained at home by her husband’s lack of permission. The surf that changes the life of a young athlete forever Sri Lanka.
These are some of the 10 stories, all exciting and coming from every corner of the world, which this year will be screened during the 5th edition of the Shocking Pink Endorfine Festivalthe film festival conceived and curated by Laura Aimone which focuses on the world of women and that of sport, with independent films and short films. In Venice from 26 to 30 September 2022.
Sport as a starting point
We Are Like Waves, by Jordyn Romero – Sport: SURF, will be screened on Wednesday 28 September 2022. Photo © storiesbyleah
The focus is on the female universe, the leitmotif is sport. Women from all over the world united by a passion, that of sport that becomes a means of expression, of emancipation, of freedom but also of greater understanding of oneself. Heterogeneous stories such as the protagonists and the sports represented, from fencing to snowboarding, from swimming in nature to ice climbing.
The athletes told are not necessarily established, but they are women who, through the chosen sports disciplines, find the strength of to challenge conventions, to question one’s own existence and to look beyond. Sport is a pretext to tell the reality: from violence in the home or in the locker room to climate change, from social unrest to war to exploitation of children, from disability to ethnic minorities, and so on. All while offering films with a high content of endorphins, stimulants and optimists.
The protagonists
The 10 films are independent and most shot by female directors. Like the Canadian Cassie De Collingrecently awarded the Peoples Choice Award at the Banff Mountain Film Festivals for her documentary Precious Leader Women in which he tells the story of native snowboarder for which success in sport opens a painful separation with its traditional culture. Or the Italian Domiziana De Fulvio than for his Sisterhood followed the teams of women’s basketball playing in the street fields a Beirut.
Endorphins Shocking Pink Festival 2022
The review is divided by themes and daysduring which a short and a feature film (details in the gallery) will be screened at 17.30 with a rerun at 20.00, followed by a discussion / confrontation in the foyer of the Casa del Cinema – Pasinetti Video Library (Palazzo Mocenigo, S. Croce 1990 – 30135 Venice; tel. +39 041 2747140). The films will be introduced by directors, if present, or by other personalities from the world of cinema, these are the themes: Monday 26th September “SPORT AND TRADITION,” Tuesday 27th September “SPORT AND FRIENDSHIP”, Wednesday 28th September “SPORT AND PATRIARKS”, Thursday 29th September “SPORT AND IDENTITY”, Friday 30th September “SPORT AND LOSS”.
All films are subtitled in Italian and English, if these are not the original languages. Free admission subject to availability of bookable places on the site www.culturavenezia.it/cinema from the morning to the screenings of the day.
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