Event

IT WILL BE CHAOS (Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo, 2018, 1h 33m)

Life in Southern Italy is thrown into a tailspin when refugees arrive by the thousands and the locals are left to fend for themselves. Eritrean survivor Aregai, trapped in the Italian faltering immigration system, goes underground to reach Northern Europe. Through his journey, intercut with the road trip to Germany of a Syrian family, the clash between the newcomers and the locals escalates in real time.

Screening + Discussion with Directors Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo in person

A passionate filmmaker with a Law degree, Lorena Luciano tells unforgettable stories from a ground-level angle, directing films that speak to audiences that are starkly different. Her films focus on social justice, the human rights, the environment, as well as on the arts, and she is the recipient of several prestigious artist grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts et al. Her documentaries, winners of numerous awards, have been screened and distributed internationally. As a freelancer producer/editor she works on short and long formats, on TV series and branded content. She lives in New York with her two children and her husband and film partner Filippo Piscopo.

As a director, producer, and cinematographer, Filippo Piscopo intersects his true passion for storytelling with impactful camerawork. Inspired by content that resonates with diverse audiences, Filippo has crafted engaging stories with universal implications that were featured at international film events such as the Venice Film Festival, the IDFA's Central Pitch, and the IFP Market's Spotlight on Documentaries. Granted the Social Justice Award by Amy Goodman, Filippo's distinguished documentary work, often in collaboration with his wife and film partner Lorena Luciano, has opened to good reviews by mainstream media such as Variety and the New York Times and has been distributed internationally.

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Event is free and open to all, no registration is required.

This event is made possible thanks to the sponsorship of PI Philly - Professionisti Italiani Philadelphia, Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, and Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.