GIRL IN FLIGHT
Film - Spotlight Filmfest 2018

GIRL IN FLIGHT

Directed by Sandra Vannucchi

Info

Director: Sandra Vannucchi
Section: Spotlight
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Year: 2017
PT: ABENTEUER ROM
OT: LA FUGA
Language: Italian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Filippo Nigro, Lisa Andreozzi, Emina Amatovic, Andrea Atzei
12+

Logline

GIRL IN FLIGHT

Silvia's father had often promised to take her to Rome. When it fails to work out yet again, the 11-year-old decides to board the train anyway and travel to the capital by herself. On the train, she meets Emina, a somewhat older Roma girl who seems unafraid of anything. Silvia follows her, and the two develop an unusual friendship.

ABENTEUER ROM is also screened n the section „Kinderfilmfest“on Wednesday, July 4, 3 pm at Rio 1 and on Friday, 6, 9 am at Carl-Amery-Saal/ Gasteig

Meet the director

GIRL IN FLIGHT

Sandra Vannucchi

Director and screenplay author Sandra Vannucchi was born near Florence in 1964. She studied film and television at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She's written and directed numerous short films, including BACK WATERS, SUNDAY MORNING, and NICK. Vannucchi has also been a writer's assistant to David Chase, creator of the well-known US TV series THE SOPRANOS.

Credits

Screenplay: Sandra Vannucchi, Michael King
Original Material: Sandra Vannucchi
Director of Photography: Vladan Radovic
Film Editor: Osvaldo Bargero, Luigi Mearelli
Composer: Marcel Vaid
Production Designer: Roberta Iaci
Costume Design: Sabrina Beretta
Sound: Massimo Pisa
Producer: Michael King
Production Company: Perché No Films srl
Co-Producer: Ruedi Gerber
Co-Production Company: ZAS Films AG