Pia

When a curious nun and a young woman cross paths they are both left with questions about their life choices resulting from their mysterious connection.

  • Julia Wycisk
    Director
  • Gloria Zingales
    Writer
  • Nafsika Hadjichristou
    Cinematography
  • Gloria Zingales
    Key Cast
    "Pia"
  • Cristina Negucioiu
    Key Cast
    "Cristina"
  • Miljana Miljevic
    Sound Mixer
  • Isaac Forsland
    Sound
  • Pedro Rossi
    Sound
  • Julia Wycisk
    Editing
  • Sebastain Eguiarte
    Gaffer
  • Extreme Retiliaton
    Music
  • Leyla Yenirce
    music
  • Julia Wycisk
    Producer
  • Gloria Zingales
    Producer
  • Evelina Brėdikytė
    Extras
  • Aaron MacCarley
    Extras
  • Magdalena Kaczmarek
    Extras
  • Carmela García González
    Extras
  • Pedro Rossi
    Extras
  • Davide Angiuli
    Extras
  • Emanuele Nuccilli
    Extras
  • Buse Hamamcioğlu
    Extras
  • Shirley May Linton
    Extras
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 22, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    200 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian, Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Julia Wycisk

Julia Annelies Karin Wycisk (* 1990) is a filmmaker and video artist. Since 2012 she has conceptualized and realized documentary and experimental films and music videos that takes interest in precariat, friendship and intersectional allyship. Her work includes collaborative art actions on location in Mexico, Hamburg, Israel and others. She supports journalist Nalan Sipar in building up an online format on migrant-German culture and politics and is currently working as a cinematographer for Kartik Singh's indie feature film "Amore XXL" in Italy. Together with Susanne Wilk, she directs and develops the theatre installation “Tag X”, which will premiere in September at the Ringtheater Berlin.

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Director Statement

Pia was created within a couple of days during La Guarimba cinema residency Kabaret in Amantea, Calabria, where people get together to realize written scripts, work on new ideas or just go and experiment. As it is my first work as a director in the realm of ficion, it was an extraordinary time shooting. Meeting actress/writer Gloria Zingales I loved how simple and straightforward her story of Pia is, how the character allows herself to feel contradiction and excitement and sadness in just the course of one day and one night. We tell Pia as a tale of connections and momentum, as we celebrated it likewise as a crew that just gotten to know each others in the process of this short term film residency. Our actresses do not reveal the nature of their bond, also there is no punishment for them being open and curious and understand how fragile one's oh-so-sure path is. The beauty of the setting illustrates the beauty of sudden closeness and the magic of meeting someone really special when you least expect it.