Point du Jour International | ACCADEMIA DELLA FOLLIA, MADNESS IS AN ACTOR'S CONDITION, Anu

The Italian city of Trieste is nicknamed “Mad Hollywood, a reference to the “Accademia della Follia”, a world-famous troupe of actors with a mental condition. They stage two shows a year in the city’s most prestigious theatre.
Ever since the mental hospital closed its doors in 1978, the mentally ill live no longer in an institution.
As preparations are under way for the Accademia’s next play, the story of Claudio, Dario, Donatella, Charlie and Pino unfolds and we discover "a bunch of totally lovable characters" who try to make sense of this "frenetic" society we're living in.

Please also check out the director's previous film "Garden of Wonders" - please click here.

Festivals and Awards:
* 2016: Official selection Festival "« Échos d’ici, échos d’ailleurs", 14-16 Oct. (France)
* 2016: "Audience Award" and "Special Jury Prize" at the 11th "Sole Luna Treviso" festival, 11- 18 Sept.
* 2016: Received an "ETOILE DE LA SCAM" on the occasion of Sunny Side of the Doc (2016)
* 2016: Audience Award at the "Sole Luna Doc Festival Palermo", June 20 - 26, 2016.
* 2016: official selection in the HUMAN RIGHTS section of the Lunadoc Festival at the "Triennale di Milano", May 3 to 8, 2016.
* 2015: Prix ART, PATRIMOINE ET CULTURES DE LA MEDITERRANEE (Art, heritage and cultures of the Mediterranean) at the PriMed - Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen (Marseille 8 - 12 déc.).
* 2015: FIGRA, nominated in the "AUTREMENT VU" section (Le Touquet-Paris Plage, 25-29 March)

ACCADEMIA DELLA FOLLIA, MADNESS IS AN ACTOR'S CONDITION

Director(s): Anush HAMZEHIAN – Writer(s): Anush HAMZEHIAN Contact Print page