Filmmakers Marco Scotuzzi and Andrea Brusa traveled to many farms just outside Milan until they found just the right goat — who turned out to be named Alice.
In the short film “Magic Alps,” a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival, Alice plays Salimah, a goat traveling with an Afghan goatherd named Said (Hassan El Aouni) who is seeking asylum in Italy and wants refugee status for the animal as well.
“The Magic Alps in Italy reminds the Afghan shepherd and the goat of home,” Scotuzzi told TheWrap. “Going to the Alps for them means that they could find…a new home.”
Also Read: Meet: The 2018 ShortList Film Festival Jurors!
“Magic Alps” is based on a true story, one the filmmakers found several years ago at the Milan Central railway station — where they first heard the story from several of the refugees who had gathered their on their way to northern Europe.
In the short film “Magic Alps,” a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival, Alice plays Salimah, a goat traveling with an Afghan goatherd named Said (Hassan El Aouni) who is seeking asylum in Italy and wants refugee status for the animal as well.
“The Magic Alps in Italy reminds the Afghan shepherd and the goat of home,” Scotuzzi told TheWrap. “Going to the Alps for them means that they could find…a new home.”
Also Read: Meet: The 2018 ShortList Film Festival Jurors!
“Magic Alps” is based on a true story, one the filmmakers found several years ago at the Milan Central railway station — where they first heard the story from several of the refugees who had gathered their on their way to northern Europe.
- 8/8/2018
- by Linda Xu
- The Wrap
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