Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva

Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva

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The First Motion of the Immovable 2019 (6.3)

It all begins with a childhood memory: that day when the father of the future filmmaker Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva forces him to listen to certain music that initially terrifies him; a distant echo from the past that leads him to follow the trail of his mysterious ancestor, the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), who claimed that his music was directly inspired by the gods.
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Leo 2022 (10)

How can we talk about the Shoah? Can it still resonate with new generations? As the last witnesses disappear, will places of memory and history books end up being the only repositories of this past? For one school year, the film accompanies the 9th grade students who, with their history teacher, participate in the "Convoy 77" project by conducting a real investigation to reconstruct the life of a deportee from the last large convoy that left Drancy for Auschwitz.
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Angel 2011 (1)

Angel, from Ecuador, now lives in Paris where he is known as "Mujeron" (big woman). He used to be a boxer, but now she is a very big prostitute. Five long years have gone by and she has obtained French citizenship; so she decides to go back to South America to visit her family and her friends to whom she has been sending money to live by. Because of her new identity, she will have to face the harsh reality of her country and the lack of understanding from her family members, prejudice from people who used to know her as a man and, worst of all, the false solidarity from those who are in debt with her. For three years Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva followed the moving and disconcerting events in Angel's life. In 2007 she was one of the leading characters in his documentary Transvestites Also Cry presented the same year at the Turin GLBT Film Festival.