Tarantulas Hide Under The Stones

Original Title|Le tarantole dormono sotto le pietre

Documentary, Hybrid, Experimental | 27' | 2023 (Completed)

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Writer	Giada Cicchetti
Director	Giada Cicchetti
Producer	Giada Cicchetti

A journey to southern Italy in search of the ancient healing ritual of tarantismo.

synopsis

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Tarantismo is a traditional magical-religious practice from southern Italy with the purpose of healing people, especially women, affected by convulsive movements attributed to the bite of the tarantula spider. Inspired by tarantismo, I started by filming my mother, weaving an intergenerational dialogue about motherhood, daughterhood and womanhood. In parallel, I went to southern Italy to search for the traces of this ancient ritual and its evolution in present times.

Credits

Writer
Giada Cicchetti
Director
Giada Cicchetti
Producer
Giada Cicchetti
Editing
Giada Cicchetti
Photography
Giada Cicchetti
Sound
Giada Cicchetti, Jan Decock

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Experimental, Doc, Hybrid, Filmlab
Production share
Minoritair
Belgium
Genre
Documentary, Hybrid, Experimental
Year of production

2023
Production status
Completed
Original title
Le tarantole dormono sotto le pietre
Original language
Italian

Technical specs

Running time
27'
Aspect ratio
2.39:1
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Black-White

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Contact

KASK School of Arts

Academiestraat 2
9000 Gent
België

T +32 9 223 81 02

www.hogent.be

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2023: Festival dei Popoli (IT)

Awards

2023: Prix Roger De Conynck (BE); VAF Wildcard (BE)

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Supported by

KASK School of Arts Ghent

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