Santa Inocencia

Experimental dance feature film, 66 min

Director: Meritxell Campos Olivé

Producer: Dieter Meier, Peter Rommel, Avventurosa Films

Editor: Davide Minotti

Screenplay: Meritxell Campos Olivé, Davide Minotti

Director of Photography: Livia Romano

Sound: Denny de Angelis, Simone Panetta

Music: Mona Mur

2nd Unit (Berlin): Till Kind

Costume Design: Laia Hernández Roig

Cast: Natalia Agati, Chiara Catalano, Mario Fommei, Andreina Orlando, Francesco Lepore, Luisa Ricci, Luana Selvetella, Mirko Russo, Antonio Viglietta, Alberto Secondini, Italo Coletta, Claudio Di Bona, Giuseppina Del Bove, Paola Persichetti, Giovanna Pizzuti, Maria Cappella, Adriano Macioce, Domenico Tata, Roberto Brusca, Sara Polsinelli, Carlo Salvucci, Luana Alonzi, Tania Renzi, Adriana Frugis Cagganelli, Claudio Santucci, Erika Fornari, Valentina Vittoria Di Pucchio, Daniela Lombardi, Stefano Maria Pantano, Sara Paone, Filippo Rocca, Laia Hernández Roig, Lorenzo Arnone Sipari, Davide Alicandro, Mario Alicandro, Nazareno Pagliara, Luigi Tata

Flamenco performance: Cornelia La Minera, Moreno Rafael Prada, Ulrich Gottwald El Rizos'

Year: 2018

About: The inhabitants of a small village in Italy prepare for a unique journey in search of answers to life-defining questions.

In SANTA INOCENCIA, director, writer, and choreographer Meritxell Campos Olivé descends into the subconscious, using abstract movements and strange encounters to create a surreal visual journey from birth to death.

The title of the film is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the director's approach to her work, the tonality of the film itself, and the plot, which is carried by a nostalgic longing for the loss of innocence.

Festival participation and awards:

• Best narrative film at Los Angeles Film Awards.

• Best experimental longshot at Santa Cruz Film Festival in California, United States of America.

• Special Mention at International Film Festival of India.

• Honorable Jury Mention at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival.

• Official selection at International Festival of Films on Art.

• Official selection at Sarasota Film Festival