San Siro is an episode of the series The Roots of Violence which is also composed by:
-San Vittore
-San Giorgio

SYNOPSIS

Anatomy of a stadium. Cable men, labourers, policemen, stewards, gardeners, tv technicians and supporters compose the backstage of the relentless ritual of football, staging an hypnotic still life made of rains and nocturnal mists, as we approach the destination on the champions’ bus.

CREDITS

Sound design MIRCO MENCACCI
Music  LORENZO SENNI, WANG INC.

EXHIBITIONS
2014
Premio MAXXI 2014, MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy

2015
Biennal of Image in Motion, Teatrino Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy

2016
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Artist Films, Kino International, Berlin, Germany

Institute de l’image, Aix-En-Provence, France

Four Films, Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2018
SCULTURE, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland

ArteSport Nel cerchio dell’arte, Centro Trevi, Bolzano, Italy

Simulation, curated by Curate It Yourself – CIY, Magasins généraux, Pantin, France

 

FESTIVALS

2014
Locarno Film Festival,
Locarno, Switzerland
5-15 Augusts

TIFF Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
10 – 20 September

RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival, Montreal, Canada
12 – 22 November

International Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland
3 – 8 November

CPH:DOX, Copenaghen, Denmark
5 – 15 November

FilmMakerFest, GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
4 – 8 December

2015
IFFR Film Festival Rotterdam
, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
21 January – 1 February

Cinéma du Réel, International Documentary Film Festival, Paris, France
19 – 20 March

New Directors/New Films, Moma and Lincoln Centern, New York, USA
19 – 28 March

Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan
24 – 29 March

Terre di Cinema, Tremblay en France, France
4 April

Arte Visione, curated by Chiara Agnello, Museo del ‘900, Milano, Italy
10 April

BAFICI Festivales de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15 – 25 April

Lima Indipendiente IFF, Lima, Perù
June 2015

Vienna Independent Shorts, Wien, Austria
23 – 29  May

Filmadrid, Madrid, Spain
5 – 13 June

Bafici Festival de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Indielisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Subversive Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

IKFF Kurz Film Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic

Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany

Curtocircuito, Festival Internacional de Cine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

32nd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany

Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film Festival, Florence, Italy

2016
Interfilm Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film Festival, Florence, Italy

Tampere Film festival, Tampere, Finland

2017
FICUNAM Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland

Luxembourg City Film festival, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan

Tùnel F.C. Festival, Mexico City, Mexico

2019
La Fête du court métrage, France

 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

2016
YURI ANCARANI by OSA and the chair of Stili e Tecniche del Cinema,  Marco Müller, Palazzo Canavee, Mendrisio, Switzerland

 

AWARD

Wild Dreamer Award for the Best Short Film, Subversive Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

"San Siro" Poster
Installation view: Premio MAXXI, National Museum of XXI century Arts, Rome, Italy

Trailer