Private Project

AGOSTINO - A poet in the greek Calabria

Agostino Siviglia, a poet who helped to promote and let know in the world the language and culture of the Greeks of Calabria.
The passion and love for his roots allowed an average educated man to become over the years a reference point for all local and international experts who entered in contact with the greek Calabrian world and that, often, they came to visit the Graecanic Area in order to meet it.

  • Domenico Cuzzucoli
    Director
  • Domenico Cuzzucoli
    Writer
  • Associazione Ellenofona "Jalò tu Vua"
    Producer
  • Agostino Siviglia
    Key Cast
  • Edizioni "viaCalabria"
    Distributor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    AGOSTINO - Un poeta nella Calabria greca
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English, Italian, Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    MP4
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Film Festival
    Pentedattilo (RC)
    Italy
    December 9, 2016
    Out of Competition
    Special Events -Documentary
  • International Documentary Film Festival
    Ieràpetra (Creta)
    Greece
    August 7, 2017
    Best International Documentary
    Nomination
  • Grecanica International Film Festival
    Roghudi (RC)
    Italy
    May 16, 2018
    Out of Competition
    Special Opening Event
  • West Side Mountain Documentary Film festival
    Epiro
    Greece
    August 9, 2018
    Migrant Stories
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • viaCalabria
    Country: Italy
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Domenico Cuzzucoli

Domenico Cuzzucoli was born and lives in Melito Porto Salvo, a beautiful town in the Grecanica area on the Ionian coast of the province of Reggio Calabria.

Since 2000, a personal study of the language and culture of the Calabrian Greeks favored the encounter with these people, appreciating their language, their customs, their simplicity, recognizing in their history the lives of their common ancestors.

He worked from 2004 to 2015 within projects that the Province of Reggio Calabria has activated in the Greek Country of Calabria in order to protect, promote and enhance the Calabrian Greek language and culture.

Director of the grecanica.com web portal, technical and administrative manager of the BioAssoberg Consortium Group, producers of Organic Bergamot (bioassoberg.com web site administrator), tour guide in the countries of the Grecanica area and the Aspromonte trails, Greco's cultural team, as part of international projects with Greece and Cyprus, vice president of the "Jalò tu Vua" Association of Bova Marina (jalotuvua.com web site administrator), member of the Byzantine Community "San Cipriano di Reggio" and member of its Greek choir of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

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Director Statement

Actor in the Greek-Calabrian short film "To fukàri tis Jenìa", produced by the Greek Association "Jalò tu Vua" and directed by Alessandro Spiliotopoulos.

Director and screenwriter of several photographic DVDs and films featuring the territory and culture of the Calabrian Greek.