Bad Weather (18+)
Grand Prix “Big Golden Nanook” for the best film
FIPRESCI Jury prize “Silver Nanook”
FIPRESCI Jury prize “Silver Nanook”
Germany, UK, 2011, colour, 82 min.
Director: Giovanni Giommi
Director: Giovanni Giommi
BAD WEATHER tells the story of Banishanta Island. It is made up of a community of sex workers. Living on a tiny sliver of land 100 meters long and only ten meters wide in the Bay of Bengal, south Bangladesh, this community survives at the front line of climate change. The rising river, soil erosion and frequent cyclones are slowly destroying what is left of the island. Razia, Khadija and Shephalie, three of the last 65 women left living there, are in a battle for their homes, the future of their families, and even their quest for true love. As they strive to hold onto their livelihood, time is running out. Soon the whole of Banishanta will be totally submerged under water, making it one of the first real casualties of the shifting global environment.
AWARDS
ZagrebDox 2012, Croatia (Special Mention); Bellaria FF 2012, Italy (Best Italian Doc Award)
Giovanni Giommi
Giovanni Giommi
graduated at the faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico of Milan and in the same city frequented the Civil School of Cinema. In 1997 he starts to work as author, producer and director for Tele+ and MTV Italia (Com’е; Brand:New, Pavlov).
FILMOGRAPHY
“Nel Cuore delle Alghe e dei Coralli - I Cento Passi di Peppino Impastato“,2000; “Beisbol”, 2001; “NICE!”, 2003; “Frames-Variazioni per Catena di Montaggio”, “Avere Ventanni”, 2005; “Politica Zero”, 2006; “Les Ninjas du Japon”, 2007; “Parafernalia”, 2008; «Дурная погода», 2011.
Grand Prix “Big Golden Nanook” for the best film
FIPRESCI Jury prize “Silver Nanook”
FIPRESCI Jury prize “Silver Nanook”
Germany, UK, 2011, colour, 82 min.
Director: Giovanni Giommi
Director: Giovanni Giommi
BAD WEATHER tells the story of Banishanta Island. It is made up of a community of sex workers. Living on a tiny sliver of land 100 meters long and only ten meters wide in the Bay of Bengal, south Bangladesh, this community survives at the front line of climate change. The rising river, soil erosion and frequent cyclones are slowly destroying what is left of the island. Razia, Khadija and Shephalie, three of the last 65 women left living there, are in a battle for their homes, the future of their families, and even their quest for true love. As they strive to hold onto their livelihood, time is running out. Soon the whole of Banishanta will be totally submerged under water, making it one of the first real casualties of the shifting global environment.
AWARDS
ZagrebDox 2012, Croatia (Special Mention); Bellaria FF 2012, Italy (Best Italian Doc Award)