Giuseppe Petitto

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Giuseppe Petitto is an Italian film director.

Career

A Film director graduate of the National Film school in Rome, Italy (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), he has served as a director, producer, and editor on several short films both documentary and fiction, some of which have gained critical International acclaim.

Arthur Penn (left) presents to Giuseppe Petitto (right) the Human Rights Watch Nestor Almendros Award for courage and commitment in human rights filmmaking. Lincoln Center, New York

Facts

In a packed theatre at the Alice Tully Hall of the Lincoln Centre in New York, Giuseppe Petitto received the Human Rights Watch Nestor Almendros Award for courage and commitment in human rights filmmaking. Presenting the award to the filmmaker was venerable U.S. director Arthur Penn, who praised the documentary, saying, "Making a documentary like this, takes another kind of courage. It takes the courage to say that this story is not known widely enough... This story needs to be told. This is a film that never flinches; I promise you." Source: Human Rights Watch

Giuseppe Petitto at work with Wim Wenders

Giuseppe Petitto received a public endorsement by Martin Scorsese that read: "This is a brave, intelligent, tough movie that must be seen, now more than ever. Much more than just a piece of reporting, it is a very human portrait of the people of Afghanistan, and the horror of living in a state of never-ending war." Source: Human Rights Watch

Awards

Silver Wolf Award (IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2000), Actual Award Barcelona 2000, Nestor Almendros Award (Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York 2001), Phoenix Award for best documentary (Cologne Conference 2001), Special mention of the jury, and Audience Award at the One World Film Festival (Prague 2001), Best Feature length Documentary Award at the Vancouver film festival 2001, Columbine Award for Best Documentary at the Moondance International Film Festival (Colorado, USA), 2001 Freedom of Expression Honor by The U.S. National Board of Review, Daunbailò Award at the Genova Film Festival 2002, Unicef Award at the R.I.F.F. Rome Independent Film Festival 2002, Special Mention of the jury at the Festival Internaciònal de cine e derechos umanos 2003 (Barcelona).

Sources

The New York Times (June 15, 2001; November 18, 2001; November 23, 2001), The Guardian (August 27, 2002), The Los Angeles Times (October 3, 2001), Volkskrant (November 2002), Der Spiegel (November 2001), The New Yorker (November 27, 2001), San Francisco Examiner (March 15, 2002), San Francisco Chronicle (March 15, 2002), San Francisco Bay Guardian (March 2002), Variety (November 30, 2001), Indiewire (June 15, 2001), The Hollywood Reporter (January 7, 2002), La vanguardia (Barcelona, November 12, 2003).

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