Indyca
Jun 21, 20218 min read
410
80' 2018, HD, col, Italy - italian
80' 2018, HD, col, Italy
Directed by:Alexander CassigoliAndCasey Kauffman
Genre: Documentary film
Languages: Italian
Produced by: Indyca and Rai Cinema
Produced by: Michele Fornasero
Director of Photography: Giuseppe Maio
Editing: Giogiò Franchini and Alessandro Cassigoli
Music: Giorgio Giampà
Live sound engineer: Paolo Giuliani
Sound design: Matteo Bendinelli
Colour: Simona Infante
Irma Testa, at just 18 years old, is the first female boxer to arrive at the Olympics, an extraordinary result for a girl who grew up in one of the poorest and most underworld areas of all of Naples. The further Irma goes on her journey, the more fragile she becomes as a person, and so, after a crushing defeat at the Rio Olympic Games, she begins to wonder if boxing really represents her future. Irma has yet to carve her own path but first has to come to terms with her personal life which she has put on the sidelines for so long.
With the support of
Media Europe loves cinema
Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
Rai Cinema
Film Commission Turin Piedmont
Awards
Busan International Film Festival – Mecenat Prize
Golden Globes in Italy for Best Documentary
Budapest International Documentary Festival - Fight for your dreams
Audience Award at Fidadoc in Agadir
Audience Award "Laceno d'oro", Italy
Best Film Award in the International category - TRT (Oran/Ankara, Turkey) * Jury Special Mention Molise Cinema
Festivals
Dolce Cinema - Rencontres du cinéma italien
Jerusalem Anthropological Film Festival
Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival
Seattle Cinema Italian Style
Budapest International Documentary Festival
Athena Film Festival
Frameline (USA)
Alice in the City (Rome, Italy)
IDFA Luminous
TRT World (Besiktas / , Turkey)
Hot Docs (Toronto, Canada)
Dok Fest Münich (Germany)
Kerala International Children's Film Festival
Fidadoc
Melbourne
Document
Calgary
Irma Testa, a soli 18 anni, è la prima donna pugile ad arrivare alle Olimpiadi, un risultato straordinario per una ragazza cresciuta in una delle zone più povere e malavitose di tutta Napoli. Più Irma va avanti nel suo percorso, più diventa fragile come persona, e così, dopo una sconfitta schiacciante ai Giochi Olimpici di Rio, inizia a chiedersi se il pugilato rappresenti davvero il suo futuro. Irma deve ancora tracciare la propria strada, ma deve prima fare i conti con la sua vita personale che ha messo da parte per così tanto tempo.
With the support of
Media Europe loves cinema
Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo
Rai Cinema
Film Commission Torino Piemonte