As of October 10, tickets can no longer be shipped. All online orders placed on or after October 10 will need to be picked up at the Woodstock Film Festival BOX FFICE at 13 Rock City Road in Woodstock. *This includes tickets for shows in Rhinebeck, Rosendale and Saugerties. It may be easier to purchase tickets at venue prior to screening. Thank you.
Girl in Flight Directed
by
Sandra Vannucchi Italy, Switzerland / 2017 / 78 minutes North American Premiere
In Italian with subtitles
Screening
Times and Venues:
Q&A Attendees *subject to change: Sandra Vannucchi, Michael King
SYNOPSIS:
"Almost 11-year-old" Silvia's home life is dominated by her mother's depression. Hoping for a break, Silvia pleads for a family trip to Rome. But when her father backs down yet again, she takes off on her own from their home outside Florence to fulfill her dream. Fearless and open to everything, she falls in with 13-year-old Emina, a Gypsy girl who reluctantly takes Silvia under her wing. And so the adventure begins. In a story that confronts such universal themes as the struggles of family life disrupted by mental illness, as well as a child's innocence in relation to an outcast ethnic group, Girl in Flight is a film of compassion and beauty. Shot in a Roma camp with resident non-actors by an award-winning cinematographer, this tender, captivating and emotional indie gem is based on events in first-time director Sandra Vannucchi's real life. —Barbara Pokras, ACE
BIO: Sandra Vannucchi was born and raised in Italy near Florence and received her B.F.A. in Film and Television from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She has written and directed several short films, including Back Waters, winner of NYU's Nestor Almendros Award, and Sunday Morning, broadcast on the Independent Film Channel. Nick, her latest short, shot in Harlem New York, premiered at The Huesca International Film Festival in Spain and won the UNICA prize at the Concorso Nazionale Valdarno Cinema. Before shooting Girl in Flight, Sandra also worked as the writer's assistant to David Chase, the creator and writer of The Sopranos. She is currently developing her second feature, a feminist comedy and American-Italian project entitled Villa Pionte.
MAIN CREDITS:
Cast/Featuring: Filippo Nigro, Donatella Finocchiaro, Lisa Ruth Andreozzi, Emina Amatovic
The Woodstock Film Festival is a not-for-profit, 501c3 organization with a mission to present an
annual program and year-round schedule of film, music,
and art-related activities that promote artists, culture,
inspired learning, and diversity. The Hudson Valley Film
Commission promotes sustainable economic development
by attracting and supporting film, video and media production.
