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The Song of Aida

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The Song of Aida

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Secondary Title: (La chanson d'Aïda)
Filmmaker Name: Giovanni Princigalli
Film Length: 90 min
Film Year: 2024
Duration: 76-90 min
Decade: 2020s
Language: in Romani, Romanian, and Italian
Subtitle Language: with English subtitles
Region: Europe
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“This film is the story of her [Aida’s] struggle for emancipation, independence and a new life outside the Roma camp.”  
Giovanni Princigalli , Spring 2024

As a teenager, Aida dreamed of becoming a model and singer. Now in her thirties, she is trapped in an arranged marriage and feels stuck living in a shack in a Roma community in Bari, Italy. She suffers from depression, longs to leave her marriage and return to Romania, where living conditions are better. Shot over a twenty-year period, filmmaker Giovanni Princigalli offers an intimate portrait of one woman’s struggle for emancipation, providing insights into life in the deeply patriarchal and tradition-bound Roma community in Bari, Italy. Princigalli makes it clear from the opening sequence that the Roma community in Bari does not represent that of Roma in other parts of Europe today. 

Princigalli was born in Bari, Italy and studied Political Sciences at the University of Bari. His first film Japigia Gagi (Roma Stories) profiles the Bari community as he found it in 2001 and 2002. Song of Aida draws on footage from this early project as well as from visits in 2014 and in the early 2020s, when he focused on Aida’s story. This longitudinal view allows viewers to embrace Aida’s struggle as she finds her voice and independence from her family. The film also shows poetic animations that are used to illustrate the imagination of the protagonists.

SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Ethnocineca Int'l Documentary Film Festival, Vienna, 2024

CREDITS & INFO

The Song of Aida (La chanson d'Aïda)

Writing, Direction & Producer
Giovanni Princigalli

Director of Photography
Enzo Canta
Francesco de Napoli

Assistant Director
Nicola Nannavecchia

Sound Recording
Corrado Riccomini
Enzo Canta
Francesco Pirro

Film Editor
Emma Bertin

Animation
Jocelyne Laliberté

Sound Editing
Renato Minichelli

Sound Mixing
Clovis Gouaillier

Foley Artist
Paul Hubert

NFB Post-production Digital Editing Technicians
Pierre DuPont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahhan

Foley Recording
Luc Léger

Colorist and Online Editor
Serge Verreault

Graphic Design
Cynthia Ouellet

Program Managers | ACIC
Marie-Christine Guité
Yousra Benziane

Executive Producers | Héros Fragiles
Lydia Gaudreau
Adriana Princigalli
Bruno Ramirez
Alessandro Riboni

Executive Producers | Abusuan
Koblan Bonaventure Amissah
Taysir Hasan

Post-production Coordinator | Octopost
Francesca Romana Valentini

Post-production Coordinator | PRIM
Claudia Mejia Castillo

Assistant Editors
Ariane Pétel-Despots
Bruno Pucella
Marc-Antoine Sauriol
Nicolò Tettamanti

Original Music
Robert Gaudreau
Giovanni Princigalli


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