After the Bridge

TITLE

After the Bridge

DIRECTOR

Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano

COUNTRY

Italy

YEAR

2023

DURATION

65′

GENRE

Documentary

Overview

After the Bridge

After the 2017 London Bridge attack, Valeria Collina, a shocked mother, must come to terms with the loss of her son, who was a jihadist killed in the attack. In the aftermath of the tragedy, she struggles to find peace.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano

Davide Rizzo is an Italian director and producer. In 2004 he founded Elenfant Film, with which he realizes innovative works, focusing especially on human rights and collective memory. In 2008 he directed a doc series, ‘Brustulein’, presented in Bologna at Cinema Ritrovato, at the Torino Film Festival and at Italian Cinema London. In 2011 he made the documentary ‘Old Cinema: Bologna Melodrama’, which won the Arkipel Award in Jakarta (2013) and Doc Under 30 in Bologna (2013). ‘A Western Movie Without Horses’, was presented at Biografilm Festival in 2017. The same year he directed a short film, ‘Anna & Bassam’, part of the series ‘13.11’, that he also produced and was selected and awarded in many festivals worldwide. Marzia Toscano is an Italian director. In 2017 she directed her first documentary, ‘A Western Movie Without Horses’, written and directed together with Davide Rizzo, a film on the visionary filmmaker Mauro Mingardi. The screenplay was a finalist at Premio Solinas 2012. The film, produced by Elenfant Film, Imago Orbis and Maxman Coop, had its theatrical release in October 2017.

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Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano

Davide Rizzo is an Italian director and producer. In 2004 he founded Elenfant Film, with which he realizes innovative works, focusing especially on human rights and collective memory. In 2008 he directed a doc series, ‘Brustulein’, presented in Bologna at Cinema Ritrovato, at the Torino Film Festival and at Italian Cinema London. In 2011 he made the documentary ‘Old Cinema: Bologna Melodrama’, which won the Arkipel Award in Jakarta (2013) and Doc Under 30 in Bologna (2013). ‘A Western Movie Without Horses’, was presented at Biografilm Festival in 2017. The same year he directed a short film, ‘Anna & Bassam’, part of the series ‘13.11’, that he also produced and was selected and awarded in many festivals worldwide. Marzia Toscano is an Italian director. In 2017 she directed her first documentary, ‘A Western Movie Without Horses’, written and directed together with Davide Rizzo, a film on the visionary filmmaker Mauro Mingardi. The screenplay was a finalist at Premio Solinas 2012. The film, produced by Elenfant Film, Imago Orbis and Maxman Coop, had its theatrical release in October 2017.

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