Family and Fatherland

Italy, 2017, 34 min.

Black and white, silent, V.O. Italian

Written, directed and edited by Alberto Diana

Images: Giovan Battista Scaroni (Cinescatti Archive / Lab80 – Bergamo, Italy)

Shooting Format: 9,5mm (1934/1938) converted to Apple ProRes

Archive tutoring: Giulia Castelletti

Production: Alberto Diana, Karianne Fiorini, Gianmarco Torri

Produced as part of Re-framing home movies – Residenze in archivio

Synopsis. Giovanni Battista Scaroni, director of fascist youth organizations in Vicenza in the 1930s and landowner in Fascist-occupied Libya, was an amateur filmmaker.
“Family and Fatherland” explores Scaroni’s images, shot between 1934 and
1938: family moments, field trips, but also the journeys to the former Italian colonies in
Libya and rallies of the Fascist youth organization.
The film offers a disturbing private insight into the fascist regime at its height, where even the family footage conceals a certain propaganda inspiration.

Film made during art residency Re-Framing Home Movies promoted by Cinescatti film archive – Lab80 (Bergamo, Italy).

Festivals: Pesaro Film Festival (Italy) 2019.