synopsis
A three-hundred-kilometer unmaintained dirt road is the only way to reach the nearest hospital from a remote African village. Through naturalistic observational camerawork, the film captures the journey of an ambulance driver in southern Ethiopia struggling to overcome all possible obstacles in order to safely deliver a laboring woman to the doctors.biography
Italian filmmaker Francesco De Giorgi (1992) studied classical studies and film directing and producing. In addition to documentary filmmaking he is also engaged in film and television production and advertising.more about film
| director: | Francesco De Giorgi |
| producer: | Francesco De Giorgi |
| editing: | Giovanni Iavarone |
| sound: | Tommaso Barbaro, Tommaso Barbaro |
contact
SHORTSFIT DISRTIBUCIONLucila Riggio
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Rapolano Terme / Italy
+39 3246236460/ lucila@shortsfit.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2019 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Amharic |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Francesco De Giorgi |
| original title: | Mud road |
| country: | Ethiopia, Italy |
| year: | 2019 |
| running time: | 10 min. |
