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La mia classe e altri animali guida

by Maria Pecchioli, gli/le allievi/e delle classi V della scuola primaria dell’I.C. Pirandello di Firenze
Italy, 2025, 8’
Cinema San Quirico
WITH: the 5th grade students of the I.C. Pirandello primary school in Florence
FILMING: Maria Pecchioli, the 5th grade students of the I.C. Pirandello primary school in Florence
EDITING: Maria Pecchioli
Using Osmo cameras, Zoom microphones, and green screen technology, the students of I.C. Pirandello, guided by artist Maria Pecchioli, had the opportunity to explore and take on the various roles involved in film production — from directing to writing the story and script, all the way to filming, sound recording, and hair & makeup. Starting from the theme of spirit animals, the video clip explores self-narration: a subjective storytelling by the students that, thanks to the green screen, allowed them to expand the physical boundaries of their school environment. The film is the outcome of the workshop CCinema oltre lo specchio, part of the second edition of Oltre lo schermo, a project by Lo Schermo dell’Arte, carried out within the framework of the Piano Nazionale Cinema e Immagini per la Scuola promoted by MiC and MIM.
Maria Pecchioli is an artist and filmmaker working across various media and languages, including filmmaking, performance, and workshops. She is the co-founder and member of the artistic-curatorial duo Radical Intention (since 2009), the collective Fosca (since 2006), and manager of the interdisciplinary residency space Corniolo Art Platform (since 2010). She teaches Design, Techniques, and Technologies of Decoration at NABA Rome. In 2014, she directed the film Lei disse sì – Just Say Yes, which won both the Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Biografilm Festival in Bologna (2014), as well as the Audience Award at the Gender Film Festival in Rome (2015). In 2023, she presented her exhibition Pop Show at studioamatoriale (Milan).