“LADIES & GENTLEMAN,
COMEWELL, SEARCHWELL, DREAMWELL!”
WASTEPLANET2021/ DANCE FILM /8’
PRODUCED BY
AMARENA FILM
PERFORMED BY
Iana Dobroliubova
MUSIC BY
WRITTEN, DIRECTED BY
Susanna della Sala
Susanna della Sala
PRODUCED BY
AMARENA FILM
PERFORMED BY
Iana Dobroliubova
MUSIC BY
Carlo Casali
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Andrea Josè di Pasquale
EDITED BY
Susanna della Sala
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Andrea Josè di Pasquale
EDITED BY
Susanna della Sala
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Iana is a 25-year-old Eastern girl who lost her hair as a child due to severe trauma and had to resort to a wig. Through the turbulent relationship between her and her new image, continually suspended between reality and fiction, Yana will take us into the dream world of her memories.
Based on the real story of Iana Dobroliubova
ITALIANO
Iana è una ragazza dell'est di 25 anni che da bambina ha perso i capelli a causa di un forte trauma ed è dovuta ricorrere a una parrucca. Attraverso il rapporto turbolento tra lei e la sua nuova immagine, continuamente sospesi tra realtà e finzione, Yana ci accompagnerà nel mondo onirico dei suoi ricordi.
WRITER & DIRECTOR
I’m an Italian writer, director and artist. Starting out as a doodler in the marshlands of the Po Valley, I found in filmmaking my most sincere and highest vocation. I graduated in Interior Design at Politecnico di Milano and at the Italian national film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
I gained experience working in the art department of several international film productions. I write, direct and sometimes perform in my films.
My path isn’t exactly traditional and linear. I have a strong predisposition for multidisciplinary and currently work as a director, writer, editor, set designer and illustrator. In the past I have worked as an interior designer, dancer and welder. Thanks to the work experience gained on film sets, I had the opportunity to discover directing which seemed to me to be the perfect synthesis between the roles of artist and technician, creator and professional.
Most of my films start from doodles and sketches. I like to invent worlds and characters, trying to tell unconventional and extraordinary human stories. I have always been interested in the theme of outsiders, marginalized individuals who, by choice or necessity, lead their lives far from a traditional society. My films The Fish Doctor, Wasteplanet, Last Stop before Chocolate Mountain and Wigs explore these themes.
In my creative process I tend to look for the magical and surreal element to underline the emotional and poetic aspect of the story and the character. I like to reinterpret the metaphorical element through a visual style often characterized by magical realism and fantastic elements.
Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain is my latest project – a documentary born from personal life experience that both tells the story and captures the spirit of Bombay Beach, a once abandoned town in the harsh California desert, where art heals people in the most unexpected ways. The film was selected to premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in 2022, it won 3 prizes at the Italian festival dei Popoli in Florence and it was shortlisted for the Italian Academy award David di Donatello in the Best Documentary category.