THE TWO SPINSTERS, 9min., Italy
Directed by Ugo Lanzotti, Roberta Pia De Angelis
Two ladies have been living together for many years. One of them, Maria, has to face an old family hostility for having chosen to live love...

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Get to know filmmaker Roberta Pia De Angelis:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

This film was born as a final project at our university last year. What we wanted to tell was a homosexual story but in a different way. What motivated us to write this story,

as it has been written, was to show how love has no age or gender. However, as in most cases, it is not always easy to follow your heart and feelings, especially when the people you loved most during your life did not support you in your choices.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

A few months, during which the whole troupe concentrated on the entire process, each of us on their role, paying attention to the distribution already during the pre-production and production phases.

3. How would you describe your film in two words?!

Gentle, familiar, and different... Let me add a third one, please :)

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

The biggest obstacle for us was trying our best to write such a sensitive topic, avoiding falling into cliché.

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

I got very excited, thinking back to all the teamwork carried out in recent months, especially, seeing the appreciation the public has given.

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?

Well, telling the truth I realized that I would like to work in the film industry when I was sixteen and worked as an extra on the set of an international series TV that was filmed in Naples (here in Italy), in my hometown. This experience made me think back to the old good days when I was a child and used to spend a lot of time in front of a TV, wondering how films or TV programs were made.

So, I think it's something that comes from far away, from my curiosity, and from the fact that my grandparents owned a little movie theatre in the district where I was born.

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?

Of course, the ones of the most famous directors in the past and present days (not all of them, obviously), but my biggest love is Agnès Varda. So, I have watched all of her filmography and also decided to write my final thesis for the bachelor's degree about her person and her Art.

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?

I think, for example, making masterclasses with professionals to review the writing scripts, the direction, and the production of a long/short film, and increasing the distribution opportunities as much as possible.

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How have your experiences been working on the festival platform site?

Actually, great! It's a very useful platform if you do not have enough money to contact a distribution company. In this way, you can distribute your film on your own.

10. What is your favorite meal?

Telling the truth, I do not have a favorite meal but obviously, I'm deeply in love with the food culture of my own country, with the Italian cuisine.

11. What is next for you? A new film?

At the moment, I'm finishing my studies (of course on film-making), but I'd like to go abroad and specialize in film production and distribution and then come back here to Italy and do something in my own country, in the Italian film industry.