Screening of Tardo Agosto with filmmaker Federico Cammarata in attendance

The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University invites you to the screening of the film Tardo Agosto, followed by a Q&A with director Federico Cammarata. The event is a collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM).

Watch the Tardo Agosto trailer.

Synopsis

Sicily. In a godforsaken countryside, a sudden change of weather finally marks the end of a suffocating summer. A bunch of horses stands shrouded in shadows. A city is set on fire. In the doorway of a ruined house, a solitary young shepherd hears the news of a newborn daughter. Late August dives in the landscapes of a wounded island.

Director's statement

"In the making of Late August we went with the flow of the wind, the rain, the fumes, the intermittent sound of cicadas: complex components of an invisible, ever-changing, landscape. Somewhere along the line we came across the marginal protagonists of a wounded island. We chose to welcome them, and by them we’ve let ourselves be enchanted."

About the filmmakers

Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini are a duo of filmmakers based in Italy. Since they met during a non-fiction course at the Italian Film School, they have been working together, basing their audiovisual research on immediateness and empathy for the subjects and themes they are drawn towards. Their division of work reflects their aim: while Federico takes care of the camera work, Filippo records the sound, putting both images and soundscape on the same conceptual level.

Their first film together, Tardo Agosto (2021), is set in Sicily, where they long lived before embarking on the project, and amongst the Mediterranean sea, where an eroding topography intersects with a human landscape in transition. The film won awards and was screened in many international contexts.