GEDI Digital will award the GEDI Visual Award to one of the titles selected for Italians Doc It Better, the showcase of the MIA Doc & Factual division.
The award went to LA VITA CHE MI DIEDI / PULLING MY OWN STRINGS, produced by Atomic, Officina 38, Cinema Key, and directed by Alessandra Cataleta. The documentary focuses on Anna Cuticchio, the most famous Sicilian puppeteer who, before being celebrated as a “pioneer”, was labeled a heretic, a good-for-nothing, a rebel, a madwoman. Anna’s life is a compendium of all the small and large battles of Italian women over the last sixty years.
The jury awarded the project because they “were struck by the strong female personality of the protagonist, Anna Cuticchio. The first Sicilian “pupara” in a traditionally male world, who fought against prejudice through her art but also with her life itself. Forced to leave Sicily in the 1950s, at just 15 years old, and forced to marry a man she did not want. Mother of two children, after twenty years she divorced, and returned to her island where she founded her own theater company and the Bradamante theater, bringing the adventures of this warrior woman to the stage. The last surprise of her life came in the 1980s, with the choice to become a missionary nun. She went to Africa and there she continued to perform the stories of her puppets. A unique character who embodies the great and small daily struggles of Italian women from the mid-twentieth century to today”.
The 2024 GEDI Visual Award jury consists of:
Paolo De Michele | Vicedirettore, Gedi Visual
Francesco Fasiolo | Caporedattore, Gedi Visual
Laura Pertici | Caporedattrice centrale, Repubblica.
The winner will receive support for promotional and distribution activities, gaining access to an unparalleled visibility platform thanks to the resources of the GEDI Group. GEDI Digital, in fact, will serve as the film’s media partner, accompanying it throughout its distribution and festival journey.
