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    En Route | Per strada

    Stefano Poggioni, Pietro Elisei
    Italia | 2024 | 4’40’’ – Anteprima italiana

    What does it mean to leave one’s home and head towards unknown destinations? What does it feel like to be swept away by an uncontrollable current? Every year, millions of people in Africa leave their homes in search of a better future. Often, they settle in neighboring countries; all too often, they reach the Libyan coast and attempt the sea journey. But at that point, there is no turning back, only moving forward.

    Direction: Stefano Poggioni, Pietro Elisei
    Animation: Pietro Elisei
    Editing: Stefano Poggioni
    Sound Design: Stefano Poggioni, Giovanni Magaglio
    Production: The Factory PRD

    Stefano Poggioni

    Director and video editor, specialized in directing at the Cinecittà Film Academy. In 2013 he founded the film production company and artistic collective The Factory, for which he directed numerous projects, including short films and over 100 music videos for artists such as Max Gazzè, Irene Grandi, Hindi Zara and Levante. He has also collaborated with internationally renowned brands, creating commercials for companies such as Sony Music, Gucci, Ferragamo and Polimoda. In 2023 he codirected his first feature film, Apnea. In 2024, he produced a new documentary on the war in Ukraine – Hung Land.

    Pietro Elisei

    Pietro Elisei was born in Spoleto in 1989. After completing his classical studies, in 2009 he attended the Biennial Advanced Course in Comics and Animated Cinema in Urbino. His animations and comics have been selected and awarded in national and international contests. In 2018, he published and presented his first graphic novel La tana, based on a story by Franz Kafka, at Lucca Comics and Games. He lives in Spoleto, where he works as an illustrator.