PINA
directed by Jeremy Depuydt and Giuseppe Accardo
Preview Screening
Belgium | 2023 | 23 mins
Animation Short
Synopsis
At the end of the 19th century, in a Sicilian countryside village, the young Pina holds the power to regenerate the land. With each harvest, the village is prey to shameless mafia looting. Pina’s encounter with the mafia chief will plunge the hamlet into an era of starvation, endangering the destiny of the whole country.
Credits
Directors: Jeremy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo
Writers: Jeremy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo
Producers: Lucas Tothe, Maxime Feyers
Writers: Jeremy Depuydt, Giuseppe Accardo
Producers: Lucas Tothe, Maxime Feyers
Screening schedule
Screening in the Shorts Program
Sunday, October 29 2023
5:00 PM
Cobble Hill Cinemas
265 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Language
Italian, with English subtitles
Festivals
Flickerfest, Sidney 2023
Anima, Brussels 2023
French director Jeremy Depuydt makes his first animated film in 2004 “Il pleut bergère”, les films du nord) . Then he works as an animator on tv series productions. Later on, he produces animated advertising videos and co-directs the animation studio Pixileon.
He also teaches Motion Graphic Design in Brussels. His meeting with Giuseppe Accardo leads him to co-write and direct the animated short film «PINA».
Born in Alcamo (Sicily ), Giuseppe Accardo works both in Palermo and in Brussels as a scenographer. He discovers the field of animation thanks to his meeting with Jeremy Depuydt as co-author of this animated film «PINA» on which he also acts as a chief decorative artist.
