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    The Meatseller

    Margherita Giusti
    Italy | 2023 | 17’13

    The Meatseller is the true story of Selinna Ajamikoko, a young Nigerian woman who dreams of becoming a meatseller like her mom. In order to achieve her dream, she begins her voyage towards Italy, an experience full of atrocity and inhumanity.

    Direction: Margherita Giusti
    Animation: Elisa Bonandin, Carlotta Vacchetti, Milena Tipaldo, Giulia Landi, Camilla Pannone, Estelle Bray, Margherita Giusti
    Storyboard: Margherita Giusti
    Screenplay: Margherita Giusti
    Visual Development: Elisabetta Bosco
    Colorist: Elisabetta Bosco, Silvia Gariglio, Francesca Fanigliuolo, Margherita Giusti
    Color Correction: Alessandro Pelliccia
    Sound Design: Enrico Ascoli
    Sound Mixing: Emiliano Cobai
    Music: Enrico Ascoli
    Art Director: Elisabetta Bosco, Viola Mancini
    Producer: Luca Guadagnino

    Margherita Giusti

    Born in Rome in 1991, she began as a storyboardist and assistant director in Rome for cinema and television. In 2020 she graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Turn with the documentary film En Rang Par Deux, co-directed with Elisabetta Bosco and Viola Mancini. Since 2020 she has been co-founder of the Muta Animation collective. The Meatseller won her the David di Donatello for Best Short Film in 2024. She still works as a freelance animator and director in Rome: in 2024 she created the animations for Giovanni Tortorici’s film Diciannove and the storyboards for the glam shoot of Netflix’s Il Gattopardo.