Christmas surprise

The short film "Christmas Surprise" is produced by the Prosopon Association and the SRC, with the patronage of the Municipality of Rizziconi and the collaboration of the Pro Loco.
Written and directed by Salvatore Romano and performed by the recent graduates of the School of Acting
Calabria, Annalisa Schiavone, Caterina Filardo, Domiziana Sapone, with the participation of Hamed Afolabi, was filmed in Rizziconi in February 2019. The production aims to highlight very current and highly socially relevant issues such as civil rights, racism and gender equality, and does so in an unexpectedly 'light' way, managing to spark important reflections while not missing a few healthy laughs. The involvement of Hamed Afolabi is not a coincidence, but the result of the precise desire to give a chance for social redemption to a boy with extraordinary talents who, from Nigeria, arrived in the Gioia Tauro plain a few years ago, linked to a destiny that seemed already mapped out and incontrovertible. The SRC wanted to dispel this reality, giving Hamed the opportunity to study and be part of a production which, against all odds, is crossing the thresholds of important festivals in Italy and around the world. “Christmas Surprise”, finalist at the “Social World Film Festival”, was screened on 21 July 2019, within the most important children's film festival in the world, the Giffoni Film Festival. Among the production collaborators: Elio Bisignani, director of photography, Nadia Mastroieni, make-up and hairstyles. Other important collaborators are Emiliano Chillico, operator, and Eurema Pentimalli, Porzia De Crea and Nick Dardano, the set designers.