UGUALMENTE DIVERSI/EQUALLY DIFFERENT (Italy, 2024, 84′)

Thursday, October 3 at 10 am, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3

Event in collaboration with ACLI Città metropolitana di Torino, Enaip Piemonte e ACLI Torino Service

Thursday, October 3 Job Film Days presents, in collaboration with ACLI Città metropolitana di Torino, Enaip Piemonte and ACLI Torino Service, the film Ugualmente diversi (Italy, 2024) by Italian director Federika Ponnetti, a work that represents the director’s debut in documentary filmmaking. Appointment at 10 am at Cinema Massimo to meet Lorenzo, Andrea and Gabriele, three young men who have found jobs as waiters in an innovative pizzeria run by autistic boys. The event is for students in Enaip Piemonte’s vocational training courses.
The director presents the film. Followed by meeting with the director, Roberto Santoro (president Enaip Piemonte ETS), Raffaella Dispenza (president ACLI Torino APS), Stefano Gorno (stand up comedian).

Method of access: admission by invitation.

Direction and screenplay: Federika Ponnetti
Production: Zoom srl

Lorenzo, Andrea and Gabriele are three young men who work as waiters in an innovative pizzeria run by autistic boys. Gabriele studies history at the university. Lorenzo takes two hours using public transportation to get to work and is looking forward to being hired on a permanent basis. Andrea, who has become a violinist in no time, will play at a wedding for the first time. In the meantime, students from a high school take a journey on the value of diversity, including through Mobile-FilmMaking, and engage in a debate. The storylines intertwine as the three boys become special tutors to teach how to wait tables, thus initiating reflection. The movie creates a journey on a path about diversity, justice and equality
«This movie is a positive way of narrating the differences for a cultural evolution and a gaze for anyone, especially for those still considering themselves “normal” compared to other people» (Federika Ponnetti).

Federika Ponnetti  (Italy) gets into documentary making through a non-conventional journey: ten years as a lawyer and four as a businesswoman in the children?s clothing industry. After a degree in Contemporary Image, she finds her place in the world of video art, performance and documentary. Ugualmente diversi/Equally Different is her first creative documentary of which she is also the producer. She is now working on her second documentary, Heartbeat at Cretto.

Filmography: Ugualmente diversi/Equally Different (2024, doc).