Film by Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo.
Set against the backdrop of the worst European migrant crisis since WWII, It Will Be Chaos unfolds between Italy and the Balkan corridor. Five years in the making, the film features two refugee stories of human strength while capturing in real time the escalating tension between newcomers and locals. The cinema vérité documentary intertwines the harrowing journey of Aregai, an Eritrean shipwreck survivor fleeing his country’s dictatorship, with the story of Wael, embarking on a life-threatening trip to bring his Syrian wife and four kids to safety in Germany.
Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and Franco Baldasso (Italian) and Ziad Dalal (MES).
The event is co-sponsored by The Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs, the Italian Program, the Middle Eastern Studies Program, and the Human Rights Program.
Emmy Award-winning Lorena Luciano is a fellow of the Sundance Film Institute, IDA Enterprise, and the MacArthur Foundation. An indomitable storyteller, her films have earned widespread acclaim with global audiences. Her work has won Best Directing and Best Documentary awards and has been translated into over 10 different languages and distributed worldwide.
Over the years she has gained trust and access to a diverse array of communities (refugee survivors, forgotten coal communities, subversive artists, political activists) portrayed through poignant verité filming, intimate interviews, and rich archival material.
Lorena is a frequent film festival juror and an international speaker and as a member of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, she serves as a National Emmy Judge. Her work has been distributed across major broadcasters and platforms like HBO, Netflix, MGM+, YouTube Originals, RAI Italian Public TV, SKY TV, and CANAL+. Raised in Italy, she lives in New York City with her husband and film partner, Filippo Piscopo, and their two sons.
Filippo Piscopo is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and 2024 Academy Award-nominated cinematographer of “The ABCs of Book Banning.” Filippo intersects his true passion as a film producer with impactful camera work. Inspired by content resonating with diverse audiences, Filippo has crafted engaging stories supported, among other entities, by the Sundance Institute and featured at film venues such as the Venice Film Festival, IDFA’s Central Pitch, Sheffield, and the IFP’s Spotlight on Documentaries. His documentary work, often in collaboration with his wife and film director/partner Lorena Luciano, has opened to good reviews by mainstream media such as Variety and the New York Times and has been distributed globally. Filippo’s documentary work, often in collaboration with his wife and film director/partner Lorena Luciano, has been distributed globally.
Film by Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo.
Set against the backdrop of the worst European migrant crisis since WWII, It Will Be Chaos unfolds between Italy and the Balkan corridor. Five years in the making, the film features two refugee stories of human strength while capturing in real time the escalating tension between newcomers and locals. The cinema vérité documentary intertwines the harrowing journey of Aregai, an Eritrean shipwreck survivor fleeing his country’s dictatorship, with the story of Wael, embarking on a life-threatening trip to bring his Syrian wife and four kids to safety in Germany.
Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and Franco Baldasso (Italian) and Ziad Dalal (MES).
The event is co-sponsored by The Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs, the Italian Program, the Middle Eastern Studies Program, and the Human Rights Program.