Yema and Neka (Yema e Neka)
2015 - 23 minutes
A documentary by Matteo Valsecchi
In collaboration with Il gioco degli specchi and Nereal
A small village in the mountains has come to a new life, thanks to nine Ethiopian boys and girls. They were all adopted by the same couple, who also hosts three adults with mental disorder. Two of the Ethiopian boys, Yema and Neka, run, win races, break records. They come from the African Highlands: they are light, fast, strong. Two new Italians who tell their own story and the story of their unique, incredible family.
Selected at
63rd Trento Film Festival (Orizzonti Vicini) - Trento
25th FESCAAAL - Milan
Festival della Montagna 2015 - Cuneo
Riace in Festival - Riace
Overtime Film Festival - Macerata
Festival Immagimondo - Lecco
Rassegna Il grande sentiero - Bergamo
Rassegna Un posto nel mondo - Varese
Foggia Film Festival - Foggia
29th Sondrio Festival - Sondrio
35th Festival di Cinema Africano - Verona
Senza orario senza bandiera - Valdastico
Rassegna Circolo Arci Club 27 - Milan
BergBuchBrig - Multimediafestival - Brig-Glis
Rassegna Cinema di Montagna - Piedicavallo
32nd Rassegna Film di Montagna - Udine
Progetto SconfinaMenti - Foggia
Rassegna Cinema Africa - Brescia
Addis International Film Festival - Addis Abeba
Bergfilmfestival Salzburg - Salzburg
In 2016 the documentary won an honorable mention at the 34th Sport Movies & Tv - Milano International FICTS Fest
Report - Trento Film Festival
Report - TGR Rai Trentino
Director and cinematographer: Matteo Valsecchi
Assistant director: Margherita Rosi
Sound: Roberto Fusco
Editors: Matteo Valsecchi, Francesco Martino
Subtitles: Silvia Piovanelli
Music: Andrea Taeggi
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