SISTERS ACT
SYNOPSIS
Sisters Act follows Catholic sisters who created an international network based in Rome to combat the trafficking and exploitation of women in Italy and across Europe. At the same time, the film highlights institutional efforts at the European level and the current challenges in the fight against human trafficking.
FEATURE FILM
FRANCE, SWITZERLAND,
80 minutes
WRITTEN BY :
DOP :
PRODUCTION :
DEA GJINOVCI
GRETA DE LAZZARIS
CHACHI HAUSER
IVAN MADEO (CONTRAST)
DIRECTED BY
DEA GJINOVCI
Dea Gjinovci is a Swiss-Albanian director and producer based in Paris. Her short documentary 'Sans le Kosovo' won the prize for best national film at Dokufest in 2017. She received support from the Sundance Film Institute to direct her first documentary feature 'Wake-up on Mars' co-produced by Radio Télévision Suisse with the participation of France Télévisions, and won the Perspectives d'un doc pitch prize at Visions du Réel 2018. ‘Awakening to Mars’ had its world premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and at Visions du Réel 2020 in Switzerland, and at more than forty festivals around the world.
