The Jato Valley

Direction:: Monzani Caterina

Duration:: 67'

Year:: 2012, Italia/UK

Genre:: Environment and nature

Site:: http://www.miafilm.com/films/the-valley-of-the-jato.html

Contacts:: info@miafilm.com (autore)

Synopsis

La Valle dello Jato" portrays Pino Maniaci, a self-taught journalist, in his mission to rid Sicily of mafia and corruption through Telejato, a small family-run television station that has become a relentless voice against organized crime.

In a land struggling with itself to eradicate old traditions, the documentary follows an unstoppable, sometimes dark and ambivalent Don Quijote in his struggle to stay on the air

Credits

written and directed by: Caterina Monzani and Sergio Vega
cinematography: Sergio Vega
sound production: Zhe Wu
editing: Sergio Vega
original music:Roger Goula
producer: Caterina Monzani / MIAFILM
Aspect ratio: 19:9

Awards

Winner of the Best Italian Documentary Award RIFF AWARDS (Rome Independent Film Festival 2013)

Selected at

Don Leipzig, International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (2013)
Biografilm Festival (Bologna, 2013)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (2013)
Documentary in Europe (Bardonecchia 2013)
Uruguay International Film Festival (2013)
Miradasdoc international film festival (2013)
Monterrey film festival (Mexico 2012)
Est film festival (Montefiascone, 2013)
One World Romani Human Rights IDFF (Bucharest 2014)