by Luca Quaia, Francesco Sgrò
Italia, 2025
In progress
Flash Future, Cordata F.O.R.
Cirques talks for the first time, with an overview, of the world of the nouvelle vague of contemporary Italian circus, with its poetics, practices and protagonists. A gaze from the inside capable of capturing the nuances and, at the same time, divulging the salient features of this movement. A path of young performers that is unprecedented and that has renewed the reality of circus in Italy from north to south, conquering new audiences and inspiring a new generation of artists who have grown up within a new circuit made up of schools, festivals and spaces dedicated to this transforming art.
Shooting a documentary on the Italian contemporary circus seemed to me a natural and spontaneous step. Of course, this is not the case for everyone, indeed, many do not even know of the existence of a contemporary circus in Italy, and this is perhaps my first goal, to bring to light a wealth, to create a possible showcase for a cultural ferment that secretly moves in the “bel paese.”
Luca Quaia
The companies and artists we are talking about have de-romanticized the myth of freedom and put the circus back into play, transforming it into a social and political act. A story made by men and women who do not come from circus families, who decided to come to the circus after a career in theater, dance or after a degree in philosophy.
Francesco Sgrò
Director
Luca Quaia, Francesco Sgrò
Story
Luca Quaia, Francesco Sgrò
Screenplay
Luca Quaia, Francesco Sgrò
Director of photography
Luca Quaia
Film Editor
Set Design
Francesco Giglia (assistente)
Costume Design
Agostino Porchietto
Original Music
Pino Basile
Sound
Francesco Sgrò; MIrko Guerra (Mix)
Operator
Francesco Sgrò, Luca Quaia, Massimiliano Todisco / Camilla Bach, Mattia Mele, Carbone Luca (assistenti)
Assistant Director
Camilla Bach
Altri credits
Ilaria Bessone (consuelanza bandi); Giada Comelli (fotografa di scena); Giorgio Blanco (operatore drone); Ouvert di Stefano Perlo, Jackson service (Service)
Cast and characters
Martina Monicchi, Philine Dahlmann, Salvatore Frasca, Nico Agüero, Ferdinando D'Andria, Maila Sparapani, Giacomo Costantini, Fabiana Ruiz, Clément Malin, Caio Sorana, Piergiorgio Milano, Elena Burani, Silvia Laniado, Paolo Cantù, Raffaella Giordano, Fabrizio Rosselli, Andrea Loreni, David Demasi, Gigi Cristoforetti, Francesca Mari, Alice Rende, Eva Lunardi, Cirko Paniko, Giulio Lanfranco, Elena Bosco, Annalisa Bonvicini, Compagnia Magdaclan, Camille Guichard, Marta Camuffi, Paolo Locci, Marrianna De Santis, Antonio Panaro, Magdalena Hidalgo, Jef Everart, Nicolas Moreno, Boris Vecchio, Filippo Malerba, Gaia Vimercati, Matteo Lo Preste, Allievi scuola di circo.
Production Director
Giuseppina Francia, Giovanna Milano
Organizzatore generale
Giovanna Milano
Executive production
Giuseppina Francia
Producer
Production
Flash Future, Cordata F.O.R.
con il sostegno di Film Commission Torino Piemonte - Piemonte Doc Film Fund - produzione giugno 2024
Distribution
Giulia Galzetti
Last update: 20 September 2024