THE GOATS OF MONESIGLIO 🐐🐐🐐
2022, Short Documentary [25 minutes]
SYNOPSIS
Observational short documentary about an Indian Punjabi family and an Italian family working side-by-side in the northern Piedmontese town of Monesiglio. Through brief observations of everyday moments, viewers gain fleeting insights into the characters' experiences as they care for a flock of over 300 goats, and produce traditional artisanal goat cheese. With hundreds of thousands of Indian agricultural labourers working in the dairy production sector of Italy (the vast majority Punjabi Sikhs) the film captures a microcosm of contemporary rural Italian life - while harkening back to a historical way of life. Themes of cultural belonging, our relationships with animals and our connection to food are explored.
Trailer:
Poster design by Dylan Haley
SCREENINGS:
2022
Yorkton Film Festival | Official Selection - Nominee: Emerging Filmmaker Award | Yorkton, Saskatchewan | May 25-28, 2022
Regina International Film Festival & Awards (RIFFA) | Official Selection - Winner: 'Canadian Documentary - Short Form' | Regina, Saskatchewan | August 9-13, 2022
CUT TO: GENT | Official Selection | Ghent, Belgium | September 23-25, 2022
Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (VISAFF) | Official Selection | Vancouver, BC | November 9-13, 2022
DOC NYC Official Selection - Shorts: Animal Farm | New York, NY, USA | November 9-27, 2022
CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival | Official Selection | Calgary, Alberta | November 23-27, 2022
2023
International short film competition of the 36th Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media / Official Selection - Short Films 6 | Stuttgart, Germany | January 12-15, 2023
Thomas Edison Film Festival | Official Selection - Director's Choice Award / Hoboken, NJ, USA
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival | Official Selection | Sebastopol, California March 16-19, 2023
Seattle International Film Festival | Official Selection | Seattle, Washington | May 11-21, 2023
Cine Per La Terra | Special Screening “GENTI IN ALTA LANGA“ / Levice, Piemonte, Italy | May 12, 2023
Interrobang Film Festival | Official Selection - Winner: Best Short Documentary | Des Moines, Iowa | June 23-25, 2023
Food Film Fest Bergamo | Official Selection | Bergamo, Italy | August 24-28, 2023
Corte e Fieno - Rural Film Festival | Official Selection | Lake Orta, Piedmont, Italy | October 6-8, 2023
Asti Film Festival | Official Selection | Asti, Piedmont, Italy, | November 29 to December 3, 2023
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
Yorkton Film Festival, 2022 - NOMINEE: Emerging Filmmaker Award
Regina International Film Festival & Awards (RIFFA) - WINNER: Canadian Documentary - Short Form
Canadian Screen Awards 2023 - NOMINEE: Best Short Documentary
Interrobang Film Festival 2023 - WINNER: Best Documentary Short
Corte e Fieno - Rural Film Festival 2023 - WINNER: SAME Award
Produced with the support of the
City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council
Produced with the assistance of the
National Film Board of Canada - Filmmaker Assistance Program
Festival support from the Arts Abroad grant from
Canada Council for the Arts
