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ISOLATION

by Michele Placido, Julia Von Heinz,
Olivier Guerpillon, Jaco Van Dormael,
Michael Winterbottom
Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK, 2021, 75'
MONDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2021
21:00 Teatro Goldoni Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com
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productions
Notorious Pictures
Maze Pictures
Tarantula
Fox in the Snow Films 
Revolution Films
producers
Guglielmo Marchetti
Philipp Kreuzer
Joseph Rouschop
Ingrid Lill Högtun
(executive producer)
Michael Winterbottom
Melissa Parmenter

contact
Notorious Pictures
www.notoriouspictures.it

italian press office
ManzoPiccirillo
info@manzopiccirillo.com
www.manzopiccirillo.com

DEATH CLOSE BY
Michele Placido
cinematography
Valentina Pascarella 
editing
Jacopo Quadri
music
Luca D'Alberto
with
Michele Placido
Andrea Bocelli
Roberto Bolle

TWO FATHERS 
Julia von Heinz
cinematography
John Quester 
editing
Frank Brummundt
music
Matthias Petsche
with 
Hans-Michel von Heinz
Rosa von Praunheim

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, IMMUNITY 
Olivier Guerpillon
cinematography
Olivier Guerpillon
editing
Philip Bergström
Olivier Guerpillon 
music
Marta Reguera

MOURNING IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS 
Jaco Van Dormael 
cinematography
Juliette Van Dormael
editing
Bruno Tracq 
music

Loup Mormont
Margaret Hermant 
with

Michèle Anne De Mey

ISOLATION 
Michael Winterbottom
cinematography
James Clarke 
editing
Marc Richardson
music
Jay Weathers
with
Egalatina Legisi
Alvin Mustafa 


Isolation is an anthology film and documentary by five great European filmmakers called upon to make segments about the dramatic and even revolutionary effects of the pandemic on their own countries. Each story is told from a particular point of view, but all share a common goal: to show European filmmakers united - in a symbolic reunification of the Continent, of sorts - in a uniquely challenging year, 2020.
In the five short films, fifteen minutes each, the directors show the social, psychological and economic toll Covid-19, and the measures to contain it, took on European residents. The stories are filtered through the gazes of these premier filmmakers, who use their artistic and cinematic artistry to evoke what Europe went through in 2020.
Isolation is a historic collective work that bears witness to the event through personal stories as yet untold, inspiring and thought-provoking; it's a contribution to humanity's fight against the pandemic and, more broadly, in defense of public health care in Europe itself, as it faces an enormous challenge, now more than ever, to join forces. Part of the proceeds of Isolation will be donated to the Red Cross.


 

Filmography



Michele Placido, director, actor and screenwriter, has been a pillar of the Italian film industry for nearly fifty years now, and is one of its chief ambassadors abroad.

The most recent film by Julia von Heinz, And Tomorrow the Entire World, competed at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, and the film was nominated to represent Germany at the Academy Awards this year.

Olivier Guerpillon is a director, producer and screenwriter born in France, though he has lived in Sweden since the late 1990s. His next film project as writer/director is the psychological thriller "CAR:Y", currently in production.

In 1991, Jaco Van Dormael directed Toto the Hero, which won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. His 2009 film Mr. Nobody earned him six Magritte Awards. He received four more Magritte Awards for his 2015 film The Brand New Testament, as well as a Golden Globes nomination.

Michael Winterbottom won the Golden Bear in 2003 for In This World. He scored another success at the Berlinale in 2006, with The Road to Guantanamo, which received the Silver Bear for Best Director.

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