Synopsis
How do you tell the story of a place people leave, return to, and fight to stay in? A filmmaker revisits the places of his past, meeting extraordinary people and listening to their stories, giving voice to those who continue to fish in a sea that many have left behind. In this archipelago memories of fish, waves, boats, fishers and the filmmaker himself resurface, intertwining with the present. A collective film that drifts amid the sea, myth, and the struggle for the future.
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edge’s production team
Ìsulas de s’isula is a documentary born from the collaboration between independent filmmaker Lorenzo Sibiriu and Dr. Giacomo Orsini (Université Libre de Bruxelles / University of Ghent), inspired by their earlier research on Mediterranean fishing communities, which also led to the 2014 film Once the Sea Was Covered With Water. The project benefits from the scientific advice of Dr. Marco Greco (EU policy and fisheries expert) and the visual work of director of photography Ilaria Vecchi (documentary filmmaker and lecturer at the University of Leeds). More recently, political ecologist Maria Laura Spanedda (Rutgers University) joined the team as a scientific consultant.
Lorenzo Sibiriu
Co-producer, Director
Marco Greco
Scientific advisor
Ilaria Vecchi
Cinematographer
Maria Laura Spanedda
Scientific advisor
Giacomo Orsini
Scientific advisor
SPONSORSHIPS
Ísulas de s’isula is produced with a contribution from REGIONE AUTONOMA DELLA SARDEGNA, Assessorato della Pubblica Istruzione, Beni Culturali, Informazione, Spettacolo e Sport, Contributi per la produzione di cortometraggi di interesse regionale a persone fisiche art. 6 della L.R. 20 Settembre 2006, n. 15 “Norme per lo sviluppo del Cinema in Sardegna” 2017 and SOCIETÀ OPERAIA DI MUTUO SOCCORSO, Iglesias.
credits
a film by LORENZO SIBIRIU
based on an idea by MARCO GRECO, GIACOMO ORSINI, LORENZO SIBIRIU, ILARIA VECCHI
written by LORENZO SIBIRIU cinematography LORENZO SIBIRIU, ILARIA VECCHI
editing EMANUELE MALLOCI sound editing and mixing EMANUELE PUSCEDDU
original music MATTEO LEONE, STEFANO MANCONI, MANUEL MORALES
underwater shooting WILD SARDINIA FISHING
script/continuity supervision ELENA PINNA
script/text editor STEFANO CAU
graphic design by MARCO CABIDDU
directed and produced by LORENZO SIBIRIU