JOY
Joy is a young second generation woman who is passionate about dance. Invited by a friend to collaborate at "Ex Moi" (a complex of buildings occupied by refugees and immigrants), she finds herself having to face up to her own identity, her African roots and the expecations she feels she has to live up to after meeting these young people from sub-Saharan Africa. The story investigates the emotions of a girl whose skin colour threatens to interfere with the perception she has of the world and that the world has of her.
Film realized in the Migrarti project – Cinema
of Mibact - Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo
Written and directed by Daniele Gaglianone
Produced by Massimo Arvat
With: Jasmine Deza, Isabella Legato, Alfie Nze, Massimo Valz Brenta, Anthonia Omuekpen Osedianosen, Djibril Barak Gomba, Rachel Pascalin, Lamine Sidi Mamman, Youssuf Dawud, Seedy Ceesay, Sarda Mballo, Muhamed Mujahid, Marco Regoli, Morris Richard, Anna Tavella
DOP: Paolo Rapalino
Editing: Marco Duretti
Assistant director: Stefano Ruggeri
Line producer: Francesca Portalupi
Script supervisor: Sara Meloni
Scenography: Carola Benedetti
Costumes and Makeup: Valeria Tardivo
Sound: Gianluca Tamai
Boom operator: Sonia Portoghese
Second unit: Francesca Frigo
Camera assistant: Lucio Viglierchio
DOP assistante: Miha Sagadin
Prop: Paolo Villata
Stagehand: Enzo Pontil Scala
Runner: Stefano Carcereri
Intern: Julia Just
Post-production audio: Vito Martinelli
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