Gianfranco Rosi x5: The Butterfly Effect
There's some connection between the Italian-American filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi and the achievements that documentary film has gained in festivals in the last years: Sacro Gra, winner of the Golden Lion at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, or Fire at Sea/Fuocoammare (2016), winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale of that year. Bringing the documentary into the spotlight, on the same stage with fiction films, which inevitably will always have the upper hand, was a novelty. With the exception of festivals dedicated exclusively to this genre, documentary film will always be the underdog. Anyhow, it was never about lack of talent or remarkable titles, but it's quite possible that an important factor in recognizing Rosi’s work was precisely his modus operandi, which allows its topics to develop over several years and leads with an indulgent, expectant look, that doesn't force its subjects and doesn't interfere in any way with the natural course of action. Most of his films are one-man-shows, meaning that he is his own DOP and sound designer.
Journalist and film critic, with a master's degree in film critics. Collaborates with Scena9, Acoperișul de Sticlă, FILM and FILM Menu magazines. For Films in Frame, she brings the monthly top of films and writes the monthly editorial Panorama, published on a Thursday. In her spare time, she retires in the woods where she pictures other possible lives and flying foxes.
