International Premiere
What have you seen today, bird? follows the reunion of Lule Shesi, a multi-generational singing group that performs songs in Arbëresh. Arbëresh is an ancient version of Albanian that arrived in Italy when Albanians fled the Ottoman Empire. The language continues to be spoken in San Costantino Albanese, Basilicata, where the singers were raised.
Anna R. Japaridze
Anna R. Japaridze is a British-Georgian filmmaker. After completing a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, she pursued an MFA in Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University. In 2022, she was awarded a Sundance Ignite fellowship on the basis of the films she had directed in Georgia. Anna lives and works in Tbilisi.
Tiziano Locci
Tiziano Locci (Rome, 1995) is a documentary filmmaker. He holds a degree in cultural anthropology and in Documentary Filmmaking from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, the Italian National Film School. His graduation film, The Way Daddy Rides, won the award for best first film in the Italian competition at the Biografilm – International Celebration of Lives festival.