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Elisabetta Pandimiglio
is a director, writer, playwright and screenwriter. She has written and directed over sixty works, including a feature, various documentaries, narrative shorts, videos and educational films. She is a co-founder of Telefono Rosa (a national association against hidden violence). She has published investigations, exposés, essays and stories on the condition of women and social problems, and the novel Ilia di Notte. She was commissioned by Nanni Moretti in 2002 to make the “Sacher Diary” Zappaterra. Her films have been shown in over 20 countries. For her work, Pandimiglio has in recent years received over 50 awards, including two special mentions at the Nastri d’Argento. In 2009 she co-directed with César Meneghetti, with whom she has made numerous documentaries, the feature film L’incontro.
Ten years ago I made my first project on children in prison who have committed no crimes, after reading an article on Teresa, a 17-month-old girl living in the maximum-security section of Rebibbia with her mother, who was convicted of drug trafficking. The piece was accompanied by photos. I was struck by one image in particular: of a little girl walking down the hallway of a jail, imitating the typical “path” of the prisoners. She was learning her first words: “food” instead of “pap,” and “cell”, “visit”, “air”, “officer, open up!” Since then I never gave up on the idea of trying to visually represent a small glimpse of a huge injustice that is so complex to break down and perhaps even to recount.
Elisabetta Pandimiglio
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