Private Project

Humanity

Leila, a young employee at an NGO, stays late at the office one evening and receives an unexpected, urgent call from a migrant woman on a distressed boat with 700 people between Italy and Greece. Using only her phone, Leila's efforts to mobilize port authorities become increasingly desperate as she struggles to remain calm. Despite appearing to manage the crisis successfully, she faces the harsh reality of the inhumanity from those who could have intervened but chose not to.

  • Adalberto Lombardo
    Director
  • Marco Ferrarini
    Writer
  • Laura Santelli
    Writer
  • Gianluca Lasaracina
    Producer
  • Adalberto Lombardo
    Producer
  • Alessia Volpe
    Associate Producer
  • Hilyam Weldemichael
    Key Cast
    "Leila"
  • Eleonora Contessi
    Cinematographer
  • Davide Romeo Meraviglia
    Creative Producer
  • Tommaso Scelba
    Production Manager
  • Niccolò Morando
    1st AD
  • Francesco Fioravani
    Continuity
  • Filippo Tancredi
    Production Assistant
  • Ginevra Marino
    Camera Department
  • Davide Dal Ferro
    Camera Department
  • Lorenzo Vinces Escalante
    Art Department
  • Sara Borgna
    Art Department
  • Filippo Chinaglia
    Art Department
  • Andrea Panelli
    Art Department
  • Edoardo Filippone
    Art Department
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 27, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English, Italian
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Adalberto Lombardo

He grew up on television as a talent for Disney, he immediately became interested in cinema. He founded his film production company LAMP . light and motion pictures within he directed documentaries and fashion films for high Italian fashion brand

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Director Statement

We are pleased to submit our short film Humanity for your consideration. This project was born out of a desire to tell the story of a tragedy that occurred a year ago, when some 800 people lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea. In Italy, this event received little media attention, overshadowed by the disappearance of a prominent national politician. For us, this omission was a warning: we could not let a story so crucial to collective memory go unnoticed.

Humanity seeks to give voice to this drama in an immediate and universal way, imagining that anyone, at least for a moment, could be on the other side of that distress call. The film is an invitation to reflection, but also to individual responsibility.