Selfie

Alessandro and Pietro are 16 years-old and live in Naples, district of Traiano where, in the summer of 2014, Davide Bifolco, also 16, was shot by a policeman who mistook him for a fugitive. They are inseparable friends, Alessandro works as a waiter in a bar, Pietro dreams to become a hairdresser. Alessandro and Pietro accept the director’s proposal to shoot themselves with an iPhone, commenting live on their own daily experiences, their close friendship, their neighbourhood – now empty, in the middle of summer – and the tragedy that ended Davide’s life.

Trailer

Details

Country of Production
France, Italy

Year of Production
2019

Format
HD, DCP

Length
78 min

Director
Agostino Ferrente

Production
Magneto and Arte France in co-production with Casa delle Visioni and Rai Cinema in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Original Language
Italian

Subtitles
English, French

Festivals / Awards

Berlinale 2019
Luxembourg City FF 2019 (Documentary Award by BGL BNP Paribas)
Cinéma du Réel Paris 2019
BAFICI 2019
Manila Italian FF 2019
DocumentaMadrid 2019
DocAviv 2019, Israel
Kino Otok – Isola Cinema IFF 2019
Sheffield IDF 2019
New York Open Roads Ital. FF 2019
Moscow Italian Documentary Review 2019
Kerala IDSFF 2019 (Opening film)
Melgaço IDFF 2019
EBS EIDF 2019 (Documentary Goyang Award)
Stavanger Kapittel 2019
Reykjavik IFF 2019
Mexico City Black Canvas 2019
IndieCork 2019
Lugano HRFF 2019
Central Scotland IDF 2019
Vilnius Inconvenient Films HRFF 2019
San Diego Italian FF 2019
Entre Rios IFF 2019
Antenna IDF 2019
Cinema Italian Style Seattle 2019
Cineuropa FF 2019
Antonfacine FF 2019
IDFA 2019
Brussels Cinema Mediterraneen 2019
ARTE Festival 2019
Barcelona Ital. FF 2019
Göteborg IFF 2020
Mittelmeer-Filmtage München 2020
Italian FF of Minneapolis / St. Paul 2020
Italian FF Lisbon 2020
Italian FF Brazil 2020
Tirana IFF 2020 (Silver Owl for Best Documentary)

// Nominated for the European Film Awards 2019
// Winner Premi David di Donatello 2020 for Best Documentary
// Winner Nastro d’Argento 2020 in the “Cinema del reale” section