Episode 10: Punta Sacra with Francesca Mazzoleni

In today’s episode, we continue to highlight films from the Krakow International Film Festival, featuring a conversation with Francesca Mazzoleni about her documentary film, PUNTA SACRA (2020), a sensitive documentary that focuses on a tight community living in illegal houses on the last triangle of habitable space at the mouth of the Tiber. Its inhabitants call it Punta Sacra, which translates to Sacred Point. Here, we are introduced to a strong, women-centered community resisting the forces of nature and the ever-existing threat of eviction. The film has a nostalgic feel and is built around themes of resistance, resilience, and sisterhood.

Yvonne Nouwen moderates the conversation. 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

FRANCESCA MAZZOLENI – DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER 

Francesca Mazzoleni (Catania, 1989), director and screenwriter, graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. She has directed short films, such as IL PREMIO (2014), which won a Silver Ribbon nomination from the Italian Journalists Association, along with 1989 (2015), and documentaries, such as NOWHERE(2015) and BARS (2014) which were awarded in numerous international film festivals. THAT’S LIFE (2018), produced by Indigo Film and Warner Bros, was her first feature. Her second feature film, PUNTA SACRA (2020), won the Sesterce d' Or La Mobilière for Best Film at Visions du Réel 2020.