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Ishinomaki rock 'n roll city

"Ishinomaki rock 'n roll city" is a documentary about a personal journey to Ishinomaki, Japan. The city most devastated by one of the biggest Tsunamis ever.
We can see how a great volunteer network performs the material and spiritual reconstruction of the city. Ishinomaki finds in music its way to join back with life, with the present and the strength to get over pain, making honor to its own name which, literally translated, it means: Ishi - rock / maki -roll

  • Federico Aletta
    Director
  • Federico Aletta
    Writer
  • Federico Aletta
    Producer
  • Martin Aletta
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ishinomaki rock 'n roll city
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Environment, Culture, Music, Japan, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 6, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    English, Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 8º Festival de Cine Mirada Oeste
    Mendoza
    Argentina
    November 6, 2016
    Award "Best Documentary"
  • 4º Festival Internacional "La Hora Mágica"
    San Luis
    Argentina
    November 27, 2016
    Best Documentary
  • 31º Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
    Mar del Plata
    Argentina
    November 18, 2016
    Premio INCAA TV
  • 9º Festival Internacional de Cine de Iquique
    Iquique
    Chile
    February 19, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 7º Festival Internacional de Cine de Concordia
    Concordia
    Argentina
    April 8, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 1º Ishinomaki International Film Festival
    Ishinomaki
    Japan
    July 29, 2017
    Official Selection "Semi-Finalist"
  • 14º Festival Enlaces
    3 de Febrero
    Argentina
    September 9, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 3º Muestra Internacional de Cine y Ciudad
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    September 30, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 1º Warsaw Avenue Film Festival
    Cincinnati
    United States
    October 21, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 1º The Cardiff International Film Festival
    Cardiff
    United Kingdom
    October 28, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 1º Sacalacalaca Interdimensional Horror & Sci-Fi Festival
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    November 1, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 3º Les Irrécupérables Independent moving Image Festival
    Paris
    France
    November 16, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 2º Bogotá Music Video Festival
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    November 22, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 1º Festival Internacional de Cine FICMA
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    November 22, 2017
    Best Documentary
  • 1º NPS International Children's Film Festival
    Lalungaun Guwahati, Assam
    India
    November 24, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 1º International Film Festival of Oranjemund
    Oranjemund
    Namibia
    December 14, 2017
    Official Selection
  • 4º Asia Rainbow TV Awards
    Beijing
    China
    March 16, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 4º RIOS-Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental e Transmedia
    Vila Real
    Portugal
    March 21, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 1º 573 Film Festival
    Farmington, Missouri
    United States
    March 22, 2018
    Best Documentary
  • 3º Cefalù Film Festival
    Cefalù, Palermo.
    Italy
    May 1, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 11º Ecozine Film Festival
    Zaragoza
    Spain
    May 24, 2018
    Best Short Documentary
  • 1º The Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)
    Santa Monica
    United States
    July 4, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 12º FilmAid Film Festival
    Nairobi
    Kenya
    September 3, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 3º Premios Latinos
    Marbella
    Spain
    September 15, 2018
    Premio Latino de Oro
  • 8º FIDBA
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    September 16, 2018
    Official Selection
  • 2º Ebrovision Short Film Music Festival
    Burgos
    Spain
    October 26, 2018
    Finalist
  • 8º Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    February 20, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 4º The Chaffey Review Film Festival
    California
    United States
    May 18, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 2º UW Student Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    May 24, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 7º First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
    Pinewood
    United Kingdom
    May 26, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 1º The Zeitraum Festival
    Neukieritzsch
    Germany
    May 30, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 1º Festival de Cinema de Alter do Chão
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    October 21, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 1º Festival Internacional de cine de Ensenada
    Ensenada, Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    December 6, 2019
    Best Short Film / Special Mention of the Jury
  • 2º WOW Film Festival Tunisia
    Elomrane Tunis
    Tunisia
    March 2, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 1º FLICKFAIR
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    June 1, 2020
    Finalist
  • 8º Liberation Docfest Bangladesh
    Agargaon, Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    June 16, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 2º Festival Ecuatoriano de Cine Atuk
    Pichincha, Quito
    Ecuador
    October 3, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 1º Beautiful Country International Micro Film Festival
    Qingdao
    China
    January 1, 2021
    Quarter-Finalis
  • 1º Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
    Cefalù, Palermo
    Italy
    May 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • 1º Standalone Film Festival & Awards
    California
    United States
    February 1, 2021
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Federico Aletta

Federico Aletta,1980. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He worked as a musician and actor until he turned 20, when he travelled and started studying music in Europe. While living in England, he began discovering the Japanese culture. In 2001, he moved to Tokyo, where he has been working as an actor and song writer. In 2009, he started, together with his brother Martin Aletta, to produce and direct short films, which then led to the creation of their own production company “Fukahire Films”, now based in Buenos Aires. Among the movies he made, there are "Metromucho (documentary), "Open Eyes" (short) and "Ishinomaki rock 'n roll city" (documentary)

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