Documentary Competition

PIROT EN FIET D'EN BOT
Peter, a Child from the Olden Days
Sandro Gastinelli, ITALY, 2003, 40', col., video
Director Sandro Gastinelli
Script Luciana Berardi
Screenplay Sandro Gastinelli
Cameraman Sandro Gastinelli
Editing Sandro Gastinelli
Music Davi Arneodo, Davide Martini, Luciano Allari
Production Studiouno Produzioni Televisive con il contributo di Circolo Didattico di Dronero, Fondazione CRC, Bacino Imbrifero Montano delle Valli Maira e Grana.

The last composite class in a small village on the western Alps, invites Pirot, an eighty-year-old man born and raised in Ussolo, to talk about his childhood in the 20s. The children, with the help of their teacher Luciana Berardi, relive Pirot's life among his 10 siblings, a life that was extremely different to that of today's generation. The project involved the local folk from Alta Valle Maira, where they still talk in their provincial dialect, spoken throughout the valley and taught at schools.

DIRECTOR
Born in Cuneo on the 13th of February 1968, Sandro Gastinelli founded the "Studiouno Produzioni Televisive" in 1990. His interests have always been orientated towards projects on territorial research. He produced "Parla de Kyé" in 1996, a naturalistic documentary awarded in many international competitions. He won the special award for "Mari, monti e...gettoni d'oro" at the Les Diablerets Festival, the first prize in the category of young director at the Autrans International Film Festival and has also received an award at the Cervino International Film Festival. He lives with is wife Marzia Pellegrino (his right hand) and their two children Edith e Leo in Rosbella di Boves, 1000 metres above sea level, on the western Alps, and the only village inhabitants. He presented "Pastres de Sambucanos - Pastori di Sambucane" at the Cervino Film Festival in 2003.

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