Screenings
August 30 16:00
DEBED VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Toxicily
France/Italy, 2023, 52’
in Italian w/Arm.Eng. subtitles
Authors: Alfonso Pinto, François-Xavier Destors
Director: François-Xavier Destors
Producers: Christilla Huillard-Kann, Chiara Andrich, Andrea Mura
Cinematographer: Jean-Gabriel Leynaud
Composers: Jorge Arriagada, Danilo Romancino
Editor: Matthieu Augustin, Fabio Bobbio (TV version)
Sound: Sebastiano Caceffo, Martin Dezelscaux, Christian Cartier
Production Companies: Elda Productions (France), Ginko Films (Italy)
‘Better to die of cancer than of hunger’. This is the tragic slogan that hovers to the north of Syracuse, among the chimneys of that petrochemical pole that in seventy years has devastated one of Sicily’s most beautiful coastlines, creating a real health and environmental emergency. Built around the inhabitants who resist and those who, instead, accept a compromise with silence or resignation, Toxicily ventures into the meanders of land sacrificed on the altar of progress, modernity, and globalization.
Awards
Best Editing, Italian competition, Festival dei Popoli, Italy, 2023.
François-Xavier Destors
François-Xavier Destors is a filmmaker whose films focus on the hidden side of mass crimes. He’s the author of several historical documentaries and television films, exploring sacrificed territories and collectivities.
Filmography
Melting Souls (2018), Toxicily (2023), Didy (2023).
Alfonso Pinto
Alfonso Pinto is a researcher in geography and visual culture. From 2018 to 2022, he was a researcher and project manager in environmental and visual studies at the École Urbaine de Lyon. His research concerns the relations between human and social sciences and audiovisual practices. Since 2018, he has been working on imaginaries, aesthetics, and experiences of the Anthropocene, with a particular focus on the theme of environmental and industrial catastrophes.