After A Revolution
TFI Suppport
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Filmed over six years, AFTER A REVOLUTION is the intimate story of two siblings struggling to rebuild their lives after fighting on opposite sides of the Libyan revolution. As they raise their children amongst the chaos, they witness their country’s explosive course from rebellion to elections to the edge of civil war, and experience at close range the human impact of conflict and international intervention.
Giovanni Buccomino
Director
Giovanni Buccomino studied History and gained his Master's in Philosophy at the University of Rome. Whilst studying Giovanni worked as a sound engineer in music and later moved into film. In 2010 he directed his first feature, THE VALLEY OF THE MOON, selected at festivals like Festival dei Popoli and Hot Docs (among others) and winner of the Jury prize at the Village Doc Festival in Milan, Italy and in 2011 Giovanni directed YANQUI for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Giovanni continues working as a sound designer and field recordist in documentary, television, and cinema as well as directing his own films. He is a Sundance Lab fellow, and is currently working on the feature film AFTER A REVOLUTION, as well as an anthropological sound archive of Libya’s diverse tribes.
Naziha Arebi
Producer
Naziha Arebi is a Libyan/British artist and filmmaker who returned to Libya after the revolution to work and explore her father's homeland. In 2012 she co-founded HuNa Productions, a Tripoli-based production collective, aiming at developing Libyan cinema as a tool for change. Naziha is a HotDocs Blue Ice and a Sundance Lab fellow and a WEF Global Shaper. Naziha also works as a cinematographer in the MENA region, and her artwork has been published extensively in print and exhibited globally. Alongside her award winning, BAFTA nominated feature FREEDOM FIELDS (TIFF, LFF, IDFA, CPHdox), she is also producing AFTER A REVOLUTION by Giovanni Buccomino and working on her first hybrid fiction feature.
Alessandro Carroli
Producer
Starting out at ITC Movie, Alessandro Carroli specialized in the production of feature films, commercials, and TV for 5 years (projects screened at major festivals Venice, Rome, and Berlin). In 2008, he started collaborating with Kiné and attended Eurodoc, focusing on production and distribution of international documentaries, and in 2012 represented Italy at the MEDIA Emerging Producers program at Jihlava International Doc Festival. In 2013, he was hired by Ballandi Media group, the biggest Italian TV company, as consultant to launch internationally the new branch Ballandi Arts. Alessandro is a member of Eurodoc Network, EDN, Doc/it, APT and is a fellow of the Eave producing program; in 2013 he became director of EIE film, where he has produced many documentaries screened internationally, in festivals, and broadcast, developed with the support of MEDIA, Rai Cinema, international co-pros and broadcasters.
James Scott
Editor
James Scott is a feature film editor based in Brighton, UK, originally from Canada. Winner of a Special Jury Award for Editing at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival & the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing for Jerry Rothwell’s HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD (BFI/Netflix). His feature-length cinema documentary credits include Grierson nominated films THE MAN WHOSE MIND EXPLODED (Netflix) by Toby Amies, about Brighton eccentric Drako Oho Zarhazar's amazing life and extraordinary past dealing with the repercussions of brain damage; and Jeanie Finlay's THE GREAT HIP HOAX (BBC Storyville), about two Scottish rappers who faked their way into the music industry. Other feature edits include Jerry Rothwell’s SOUR GRAPES (Netflix), Dunstan Bruce's THIS BAND IS SO GORGEOUS, about 70's UK punk band Sham 69's tour of China; THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG about one obsessive video store owner's quest to find the true story of cult '80's primordial dwarf Filipino action movie star Weng Weng; and Sophie Robinson's MY BEAUTIFUL BROKEN BRAIN (Netflix) winner of the IDFA DOCU Award. Jim is currently working on Giovanni Buccomino's AFTER A REVOLUTION.