Meeting Samir at Night

Samir is an homeless man living in the city of Milan. His life is marked by moving from one home to another, by doing some chores here and there and by the relationships he built over time with his neighbors.

  • Elettra Gallone
    Director
  • Elettra Gallone
    Writer
  • Astrid Ardenti
    Editor
  • Samir Chikalleshi
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Incontrando Samir la Sera
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 4, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K, 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Visions du Réel / VdR - Film Market
    Nyon
    Switzerland
    None
    Film Market 2022
  • Filmmaker International Film Festival
    Milan
    Italy
    November 22, 2022
    Concorso Prospettive
Director Biography - Elettra Gallone

Elettra Gallone is an Italian film director from Milan, Italy. In 2016 she graduated in Media Design and Multimedia Arts at NABA in Milan and then deepened her knowledge in documentaries taking a Master in Social Anthropology at SOAS in London. She transposed her interest in people, society and cultures in documentary filmmaking. She worked as official photographer and filmmaker for Emergenza Sorrisi during the surgical missions in Benin in 2015 and in Iraq in 2017. During the first mission she filmed the short film “Il tempo di uno Sguardo”. She attended two documentary short courses at NFTS in London in 2016 and 2019. In Octorber 2021 she participated at the 2nd Film Accelarator with Werner Herzog in Lanzarote realizing two short films, “La Ira de Guayota" and “Poseidón".

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