The Returned, audio documentary by Jonathan Zenti, 52′, Italy 2015
There are many reasons for hating Christmas Holydays. One of these is having to meet all those friends and relatives who left Italy few years ago ad went to make their future abroad.
Exworks, saturday 30th april 18.00
Synopsis
There are many reasons for hating Christmas Holydays.
One of these is having to meet all those friends and relatives who left Italy few years ago ad went to make their future abroad. People who return for ten days only and then fly back to their far away places, wich are full of possibilities ad opportunities that now are hard to imaine in this country.
The main character in the documentary has always tried to avoid meeting these returning guests. Bit this time is the right time to face them. Because maybe deciding to stay has been the wrong and the moment has come to choose where to go.
Author’s biography
Jonathan Zenti is an italian independent radio producer. He started working as soundesigner for italian public radio RAI in 2003 and he moved to independent production in 2007. He produced documentaries like Interim (Premio Marco Rossi 2010), Ritratti-o si muore (Premio Anello Debole 2010 – Premio Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia 2012), A Questo Punto and I Ritornanti (nomination at Prix Europa) and I Am Analog (Hearsay GanBéarla Award 2015). He write about worldwide radio on the italian magazine Internazionale, he produces documentaries for the italian radio Radio3 and he works for the Webradio project at public radio RAI. In 2015 he found MIRP – international Meeting of Independent Radio Producer.