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IDFA 2020

War and Peace

Guerra e pace
Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Italy, Switzerland
2020
128 min
International Premiere
Festival history

We can witness countless violent conflicts all over the world every day, through television, news sites, social media, and newspaper images. War is inextricably interconnected with film and photography: from the first war footage shot during the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911 to the short clips any citizen in a war zone can now capture on their phone.

No image is made by chance, we discover. A soldier captures a heroic portrait of a general; a rebel documents the violent excesses of those in power: everyone’s got their own reason for filming, whether it’s to keep a souvenir or to a obtain piece of evidence. But in the meantime, unintentionally, a worldview and zeitgeist is taking shape. Who are the perpetrators? Who are the victims? Who believes this conflict is justifiable, and why?

This engaging and dreamlike film explores the intimate relationship that has developed between war and cinema in little more than a century. It is an important cinematic contemplation that feeds into a re-evaluation of wars in recent and more distant times.

Credits
Director
Production
    Massimo D'Anolfi for Montmorency Film,
    Martina Parenti for Montmorency Film
Co-production
    Lomotion AG
    Lomotion AG
Sound Design
    Massimo Mariani,
    Tommaso Barbaro
    Massimo Mariani,
    Tommaso Barbaro
Music
    Massimo Mariani
    Massimo Mariani
Involved TV Channel
    RAI Cinema,
    SRF
    RAI Cinema,
    SRF
World Sales
    Taskovski Films
    Taskovski Films
Screening copy
    Montmorency Film
    Montmorency Film