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The Prison

The documentary was first presented in October 2023 at the architecture festival "Architect's Meet Selinunte", Italy. The short film tries to describe the dramatic war in the Gaza Strip from a spatial and architectural perspective.

  • Giacinto Cerviere
    Director
  • Giacinto Cerviere
    Writer
  • Giacinto Cerviere
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    The Prison
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 21, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    20 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival
    Turin
    Italy
    October 21, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Giacinto Cerviere

Giacinto Cerviere is an architect and architectural theorist. From architecture to engineering, from the creative potential of marginal spaces to the complex problems of urban systems, his work focuses on macro and micro utopias. See more on www.giacintocerviere.com

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Director Statement

It is not possible to stand idly by in the face of all the horrors taking place in the Gaza Strip these days. With this short documentary, I wanted to give an insight into the spatial and architectural dimensions of Gaza, which contain so many human dramas, on both sides of the conflict.