Films 2023 – Hip Hop Cinefest

Documentary

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

#VOICE4WEAPONS

Director:Elodie Delcey
Country: France
Runtime: 29:00
Synopsis: In October 2021, Federico, Martina, Giacomo, and Francesco (DreamingOPENly, or DOPE) realise their dream : Organising and leading a youth exchange on the theme of Hip-Hop culture. For the 40 European participants of #Voices4Weapons : 10 days of discovery of the four main disciplines of Hip-Hop: graffiti, breakdance, rap and freestyle, and a dissemination event in the heart of Leipzig, city in east Germany. This is the first Erasmus+ project of DOPE, and it successfully achieves its goals : using art as a tool for expression, raising voices instead of weapons, ten days of unity and creativity. A documentary with testimonies from participants of #Voices4weapons and the four founders of DOPE

BOCLO

Director:Fleurion Randrianambinina, jean Odilon Tsibeny, Luis Herald Rasolondrainy
Country:Madagascar
Runtime:30:47
Synopsis:The Real daily life of Infamous Rapper Komar boclo
“Bôclô” was based on the true story of Komar and Toliara artists lifestyle, …and their fight to succeed in the music field.

BRIDGING CULTURES THROUGH HIP HOP

DIRECTOR:Avik Roy, Rima Ghosal, Maria Stallone
Country:United States
Runtime:13:58
Synopsis:The Bridging Cultures Through Hip Hop program brought the dynamic American hip hop crew, “The Invisibles,” to India from April 18- May 5, 2022 for seven workshops, five performances, and numerous media engagements in Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Goa, and Chennai. Through on-event outreach, more than 2600 emerging voices were reached. Off-event social media outreach connected with more than 3 million people, 5 million impressions, and 126,000 engagements. The Bridging Cultures Through Hip Hop in India program was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in India with funding provided by the U.S. government. The program was produced by American Voices and Teamwork Arts.

D-CYPL: RHYMES, BEATS AND CREATION

Director:Gregory L. Hines
Country:United States
Runtime:40:00
Synopsis:A Documentary About The Career of Mc and Producer Christopher “D-Cypl” Collins

GHETTOMOTO

Director:Isabella Brown
Country:Australia
Runtime:47:00
Synopsis:A phone call from the frontline of post election riots in Kenya opens the story of Tim Mwaura a ghetto poet and rapper who gives an eyewitness account of his experience of the aftermath of the recent tribal tension. Through the eyes of a ghetto poet, from the red dirt streets of Kamgemi, a ghetto in Nairobi, this documentary follows a journey of rediscovery of the roots, culture, and politics of Tim’s people; his search for peace and understanding amidst war torn Africa.

HIP-HOP, SHADOW IN THE CITY

Director:Nicolas Architeknic Kaleka, Julien Perdriau
Country:France
Runtime:28:10
Synopsis:Hip-Hop, Shadow in the city is a movie made by two students in architecture, Julien Perdriau & Nicolas Kaleka aka Architeknic. Produced in 2005 for their architectural thesis, this project’s purpose was to create links between the city and Hip-Hop Culture. This film takes us to a ride in Paris with Hip-Hop as common thread. The two visual components of Hip-Hop are linked, a way of graffiti and stops at B-Boyin spots. Hip-Hop music mixed and full of energy conducts the pictures and brings cohesion. We can call it a visual mix-tape. This movie is an ode to the essence of Hip-Hop culture : The streets.

METALLO E CEMENTO

Director:Juan Carlos Tresh Gallardo Aquino
Country:Italy
Runtime:15:00
Synopsis:Metallo e Cemento is a journey inside the Hip-Hop culture that especially pays attention to graffitis

MUSIC TO MOBILIZE: Y’EN A MARRE

Director:Abdou Khafor Kandji, Hadji Amadou Baba Diallo
Country:Senegal
Runtime:16:03
Synopsis:“Y’en a Marre” (“Fed Up”) is a group of Senegalese rappers and journalists, created in January 2011, to protest ineffective government and register youth to vote. They are credited with helping to mobilize Senegal’s youth vote and oust incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade, though the group claims no affiliation with Macky Sall, Senegal’s current president, or with any political party.Y’en a Marre has been a voice of the people in Senegal since 2011.Artists Nara P and Samira go to the streets to ask citizens, “What are you fed up with?

NUDO

Director:Gabriele dDonati
Country:Italy
Runtime:24:30
Synopsis:The story of Leonardo (aka Leonardoq) singer from Trieste who tries to get out of everyday normality by cultivating his passion. Leonardo’s story is that of someone who struggles every day to pursue his dream and try to make it come true.

RED BULL BC ONE 2021 VENEZUELA ARRIBA!

Director:Leonardo M Giron
Country:Venezuela
Runtime:32:53
Synopsis:After 10 years without covering the @redbullbcone World Finals, @breaktownvzla’s DJLG returns to experience the tournament alongside Bgirl Estrella, Bboy Lion, LIL G, and MINI JOEAn up and down of emotions, but with a great battle won! A meeting with friends from all over the world in a single meeting point GDANSK, POLANDAn anecdote of how Venezuela got there and today is known internationally in Breakin’

THE ART OF HUSTLE- STREET ART DOCUMENTARY

Director:Tysen Knight
Country:United States
Runtime:18:19
Synopsis:The Art Of Hustle: Street Art Documentary highlights street artist Tysen Knight’s growth in the culture of street art with a perfect balance between risk and reward. Street art has become a hustle for worldwide recognition.

THE DOCUMENTARY OF KILLA KOLYA

Director:Adilkhan Maratovich Dyussembayev, Daulet Dyussembeevich Tukayev
Country:Kazakhstan
Runtime:15:06
Synopsis:Documentary about Nikolay Chernikov a.k.a. BBOY KILLA KOLYA. Dedicated to his 20 years of dancer career. The view on dance, important events and the way “Simple System” crew influenced on a breaking development in Kazakhstan – this is what this film about.

THE GIRLS ARE HERE

Director:Natalia Aikaterini Koutsougera
Country:Greece
Runtime:45:00
Synopsis:This film explores ways transnational hip-hop and competition dance styles are embodied by female street dancers in contemporary Greece. The film captures the everyday lives of two young girls who practice freestyle hip-hop, popping, locking, waacking and house dance in Athens. Moments of their friendship and their relationship with male hip-hop dancers and members of their crews are graphically portrayed and narrated. The camera follows them through different activities ranging from teaching, practicing, travelling, preparing and participating in hip-hop dance competitions, street shows and events. Above all, the film unravels aspects and perceptions of their femininity and gender identity in a male-dominated hip-hop dance scene and the role that street dance plays in the production of sisterhood, female affectivity, team and street spirit.

TOBY G. STREET FACTORY

Director:Rosamaria E. Kostic Cisneros
Country:United Kingdom
Runtime:12:56
Synopsis:Toby Gorniak is the first to open a Hip Hop Theatre in the United Kingdom. This is a short documentary that captures Toby discussing his life and how he uses Hip-Hop as a tool to reach and teach people from all walks of life. The film shows how one person turned the negatives of racism into positives and now Toby is building a whole community of hip hop dancers and artists that are honour “LOVE, PEACE, RESPECT, FUN, UNITY”.

VICOLO STREET

Director:Federica De Stasio
Country:Italy
Runtime:12:05
Synopsis:It is a documentary about Street Art in Naples and around the Italy, trough the interview of an american street artist living in Naples, and of a napolitan project of urban renewal in a district of Naples, Parco dei murales of Ponticelli.

¡DIMELO RAPEANDO!

Director:Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Country:Puerto Rico
Runtime:9:10
Synopsis:Where daily practices become ritual, repetitive, looped, and sequenced. A transatlantic, experimental Hip-Hop collaboration between Germany & Cuba.

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

ALICE STREET

Director:Spencer I Wilkinson
Country:United States
Runtime:1:06:40
Synopsis:Two artists form an unlikely partnership to paint their most ambitious mural to date in Oakland’s downtown, ground zero for gentrification. The mural is dedicated to the diverse cultural artists that intersect on the corner, who are threatened by displacement. As the mural paint dries, a luxury condo is planned that will obstruct the art and cultural history. The community decides to fight back.

ALLA DISCOTECA (TO THE CLUB)

Director:Sergio Marini
Country:Italy
Runtime:1:28:00
Synopsis:This is a special cut of a docu-series of 6 episodes available on Prime Video, that tells about the world of clubbing from the 90s to today.

DECYPHER

Director:Léo Caron
Country:Canada
Runtime:50:24
Synopsis:Decypher is a documentary on the evolution of Breaking (breakdance) in Montreal, and traces the arrival of this dance in the Quebec metropolis, in the 80s, and its recent evolution.

EVE AFTER DARK

Director:David Velo Stewart
Country:United States
Runtime:1:30:00
Synopsis:Opened on June 22, 1979, Eve’s After Dark was known as a high-class after-hours club, located in Los Angeles, CA. It was the first hip hop club on the West Coast and home to the World Class Wreckin Cru which showcased the musical talents of Alonzo Williams (Owner) Sweet, Ron Ron, Billie T, Dr. Rock and Unknown DJ. And, in 1982, DJ Yella Joined the Cru with Cli N tel and Dr. Dre joining soon after. The dance club became a launching pad for Eazy E, Ice Cube and other west coast artists (Robin Harris, DL Hugely, Chris Tucker). Eve After Dark also amplified the careers of many East Coast rappers. Run D.M.C. and Kurtis Blow booked their first Los Angeles appearances at the dance club.

FENEEN

Director:Giulia Rosco
Country:Italy
Runtime:1:00:00
Synopsis:FENEEN is a journey into the urban music scene of Senegal. This project came about following the encounter between Italian producer Frank Sativa and Senegalese pop-star Leuz Diwane G and Italian-Senegalese rapper F.U.L.A. The documentary spotlights the fundamental rule of the urban subculture in debunking the stereotyped image of the Africa continent. It tells about the importance for young people to develop a civic conscience, and the chance to create concrete job opportunities in the music industry.

HASÉL: OUTLAW POET

Director:Nikone Cons
Country:Spain
Runtime:58:05
Synopsis:‘Hasél- Poeta Proscrito’ tells the story of the artist and communist militant Pablo Hasél, sentenced to prison twice for the content of his songs and poems. He is the first rapper to be jailed in Europe.

KEEP STEPPING

Director:Luke Cornish
Country:Australia
Runtime:1:30:37
Synopsis:On the urban fringe, two young women, gifted with movement and empowered by dance, battle for a better life in the underground world of competitive street dance. Each with a dream to escape the rough hand they’ve been dealt, will a win at Australia’s biggest dance competition Destructive Steps be their golden ticket? Or will the external pressures of financial hardship and volatile relationships stop them from even reaching the dancefloor?
KEEP STEPPING is a coming-of-age story about love, obsession, and the transformative power of performance.

MAYOTTE HIP HOP REVOLUTION

Director:Nadja Harek
Country:France
Runtime:52:00
Synopsis:Ten years ago, hip-hop in Mayotte did not exist, or almost. Today, in an energy that recalls the origins of this culture in the West, thousands Mahoran youth unites around this movement.
Nadja Harek went to meet the activists of this movement. They are dancers, graphic designers, musicians, associations, and they allow a French youth to express themselves and to dream. Hip-hop turns out to be a way to learn to believe in themselves, to find a place in society, to affirm their dreams and their identity.

N.E.S.T

Director:Fernanda Turchetto
Country:Brazil
Runtime:51:32
Synopsis:A collective born by the love for Hip Hop culture, in one of the most contradictory places of all. They tirelessly seek to foster and strengthen this culture, taking their name all over on Brazil and the world. Facing all kinds of prejudices they persist in the battle to be better for others. Because they believe that culture is not about what we like, but what can really change lives.

RAP AS THERAPY

Director:Antonio “Cuti” Moreno Cutillas
Country:Spain
Runtime:1:05:16
Synopsis:Much has been said about Hip Hop, as a tool for leisure and free time, for integration and social inclusion; but here we are going to see how Hip Hop works as a therapy. For this, one of its elements has been chosen, Rap, and thanks to this, immigrants and refugees have managed to improve their psychological conditions. Thanks to this we are also going to take a journey through music; and why not through literature too. A musical, social and therapeutic project.

SOLO

Director:Ola Pankratova
Country:Russian Federation
Runtime:1:26:00
Synopsis:The documentary reveals 6 unique stories of individuals who use the art of dancing as their own tool in fighting back difficulties, dealing with pain, incomprehension and obstacles standing in their way to happiness through creative self-expression.

TAKE YOUR SPACE

Director:Karolína Alvarez
Country:Czech Republic
Runtime:1:16:40
Synopsis:The first feature-length documentary on Mexican urban art and graffiti was shot over the course of four years without any financial support from institutions. It is based on the coexistence of the community of Mexican urban artists, is independent and one hundred percent free in its expression. It also extends to the other branches of Mexican hiphop and skateboarding. The documentary familiarizes us with the development of the movement from its beginnings to the present day with a focus on its essence of rebellion and resistance. It presents urban arts as a path of freedom and independence of an individual, who is confronting the global power of the capitalist system and its attempt to invade our lives and the way we behave. The film also points to the characteristic feature of Mexican counterculture in relation to the resistance of native cultures.

TOP NINE. A STORY OF THE B-BOY CREW

Director:Manas Sirakanyan
Country:Russian Federation
Runtime:1:29:00
Synopsis:“Top Nine” are one of the most famous crews in the world of break-dance. Over the 20 years of its existence, Top Nine has won many international competitions, including the largest championship – Battle of the Year, created several theatrical productions, brought up several generations of students, became style icons and set an example of what a b-boy crew should be like.
From the first dance steps – to artistic excellence, from small jams – to world victories, from street shows – to the big stage: the members of the legendary Top Nine crew are telling their story.

UNDERGROUND RUMBLINGS

Director:Francisco Núñez Capriles
Country:Chile
Runtime:52:00
Synopsis:Santiago, Chile. As mass student protests roil the country, Lumpen Crew, a collective of young hip hop activists, begin to organize as a political force. As the movement progresses, state repression intensifies. A young labor leader with ties to Lumpen Crew is assassinated and the collective disbands. However, the group’s music and political commitment will mark an entire generation of young rebels.

WAAK AN DANZ (WALK AN DANCE)

Director:Esteban Richmond U
Country:Costa Rica
Runtime:60:00
Synopsis:At the seashore, a body sprouts between sand and cement. His dance guides us on a journey through the ancestral afromestizo heritage and the various ways to experience dance in the city of Puerto Limón. A place where when people walk, they dance.

Fiction

FICTION SHORT

CANCELED

Director:Teemong
Country:Netherlands
Runtime:17:06
Synopsis:When famous rapper Kuenta gets mercilessly canceled in an endless stream of hate messages and death threats, his legion of followers on social media decreases in breakneck pace and even his label publicly drops him. Together with his manager Randy he flees to a villa in Belgian Ardennes, where it turns out that not only his career but also his life is dangerously facing a point of no return.

EL GOLPE – THE “YEYO” MOVIE

Director:Tuto Rodríguez, Marlon Morales
Country:Venezuela
Runtime:33:12
Synopsis:“The Hit” is a medium-length film that accompanies Marc Ginale’s album YEYO. The story follows a driver who takes on illegal jobs to survive in Venezuela. On a regular night, Marc has to complete a job within a certain time frame. As he drives through the city streets, the main character reflects on the realities he faces daily, including violence and corruption. This audiovisual provides an honest perspective on the life of an individual who expresses his point of view on the reality in a country in crisis.

FICTION FEATURE

I DON’T WANNA DANCE

Director:Flynn von Kleist
Country:Netherlands
Runtime:01:28:00
Synopsis:An aspiring teenage dancer finds himself torn between his increasingly destructive mother and his own happiness.

MZUKA

Director:Ian Nyakundi Iasaboke
Country:Kenya
Runtime:01:47:11
Synopsis:Two unknown rappers from the hood desperately seek an opportunity to make their name in the music business. When they record a freestyle and post, things don’t go as expected.

THIS THING CALLED HIP HOP

Director:David Velo Stewart
Country:United States
Runtime:01:20:49
Synopsis: Kam is a rapper working with DJ/producer Nina to win an online Hip-Hop “American Idol” contest called HHB TV, which is run by the opportunistic Deuce and the show’s loathsome judge Dev. Kam’s main rival is the cunning Finesse and her loyal hype woman Fleek. Finesse won Season One of HHB TV and is angry she is being seriously challenged by Kam, who she feels is no way on her lyrical level. Enter Tek Savy a new freestyle rapper trying to get on HHB TV who quickly becomes romantically involved with Kam. A sudden family tragedy, tensions with Nina and mixed emotions over dating Tek may derail Kam from her biggest Hip-Hop career accomplishment of winning the HHB TV Show.

Music Video

“AIR”

Artist:Zero75 Feat Sophia
Director:Tomas Matejcek
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:52
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“CARILLON”

Artist:Leschio, Pakos
Director:Paolo Maneglia
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:54
Synopsis:“Carillon” is a motivational journey through sounds and words that inspires each of us to never give up: even when you don’t immediately succeed in something, you have to try and try again to reach your goal. The song, written by Leschio and Pakos, plays on the words of the refrain “Turn everything Carillon, Don’t stop Carry On” thus encouraging the listener to get involved and give their best.

“NE9ES”

Artist:2two Ft. SIXBOI Ft. RARE
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:2:05
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99% IS NOT 100%

Artist:Em Morrow feat Cuti
Director:Antonio “Cuti” Moreno Cutillas
Country:Spain
Runtime:3:20
Synopsis:Em Morrow is a native MC from Nigeria. He arrived by boat to the southern coast of Spain and there he met Cuti and participated in the Rap workshop “Write the Best Version of You”. He is applicant for international protection (asylum). He contributes this song for the work “Rap as Therapy”, where he recounts his experiences in life.

ADEM

Artist:KATNUF
Director:Fynn Cats
Country:Netherlands
Runtime:2:37
Synopsis:Music video we shot for famous dutch artist ”KATNUF”. We usually shoot different type of music video’s with more speed and special effects. This song was a lot slower so we created an artsy music video that fits perfect with it. It was a challenge but we’re really happy with the results.

AMORE ESTREMO

Artist:Iero feat Fabio Musta
Director:Elio Nubes De Filippo
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:36
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BLACK SONG

Artist:Lando Lavarra
Director:Adrian Vega D’mente
Country:Cuba
Runtime:3:00
Synopsis:maroon, seated in the tranquility of the palenque, enjoying his privilege as a black revered by his people, recalls the moment of his flight. The scene of the chase of the mayoral with the dogs is presented, how they catch up with him, corner him and attack him. The providential help of the Orishas, protective gods of the African people, protect, bless and free them from their shackles. The maroon has to decide between facing or continuing to flee from his oppressor.

BLOOM

Artist:Cora Onori feat Slowface
Director:Moncef Henaien
Country:Sweden
Runtime:3:44
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BOOTH

Artist:DELARUÀ
Director:Ivano Robustellini
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:59
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CALABRESE

Artist:Vinsthe1
Director:David Jandia
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:45
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CALIMERO

Artist:Campidilimoni
Director:Lorenzo Clemente
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:27
Synopsis:The rapper Campidilimoni explains who he really is with metaphors between past and present

CATARSIS

Artist:Adrian Vega D’Mente
Director:Adrian Vega Sánchez
Country:Cuba
Runtime:3:00
Synopsis:Another cry of alert, denunciation and awareness of gender, family violence and of any kind, with which we also do Catharsis. You feel that impulse between the dreamed and the real, the cry is perceived against the endemic scourge that is the violence in stanzas that touch the wild, visceral poetry, that molds the urban genre in its best exponents. A successful fusion between filmic and literary images can be seen in the audiovisual story, functional adaptation of the rhythm of the clip to that of the music, and a true osmosis between both narratives, mixed and become one.

CELLA 2

Artist:Baby Gang
Director:Giammarco Boscariol, Davide Piras
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:18
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CHANCES

Artist:Who’s lara? feat $anteria
Director:Philippe Vanasse-Paquet
Country:Canada
Runtime:4:00
Synopsis:Chances is the first music video of who’s lara? and $anteria. The film explores the thought pattern taken by the artists to escape their inner demons ; a visual metaphor of the vicious circle of addiction.

CHE FINALE

Artist:Layz
Director:Daniel Mercatali
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:57
Synopsis:How many times in our life do we not make decisions or lose opportunities for the fear that an experience can end badly?Che Finale (What An Ending) could be summed up only with this question. Inspired by the film and the book “Io non ho paura” (I have no fear), this track poses a series of questions about the end of things and missed opportunities. The “dream thieves”, as they are called in the lyrics , only wait for the end and most often hope for a bad ending, so then you might as well try because in any case people will be there to watch and judge the choices you made, and if it goes wrong they laugh, but if it goes well…

CHIKI BIKI/ شيكي بيكي

Artist:Stou X Ja7
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:2:05
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CRACK IN CASA 24/7

Artist:Papa V
Director:Ivano Robustellini
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:23
Synopsis:Street-Music video filmed in a night hanging out with “PAPAV” and friend’s around Piave a suburban in South Milan

DAY NIGHT

Artist:Dabl De
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:3:32
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DRUGSTORE

Artist:KOAST
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:2:51
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ELDEN

Artist:Haval
Director:Joakim Bernardo
Country:Sweden
Runtime:3:10
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GANGSTA TUTORIAL

Artist:Astrogang
Director:Lorenzo Clemente
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:41
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GIMME THE LIGHTA

Artist:Trees
Director:Mirko De Angelis
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:02
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GUYS LIKE US

Artist:Rhyme Va-Lor feat E-Lux
Director:Individual Eleven
Country:United States
Runtime:4:21
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I DO NOT WANT

Artist:Ahiyan
Director:Muserref Cakiroglu
Country:Turkey
Runtime:3:30
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IL QUARTIERE

Artist:Fidenati
Director:Marta Simone
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:44
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ISKHATHI

Artist:Ntombela
Director:Thapelo Modiela, Mulalo Ngubane
Country:South Africa
Runtime:4:47
Synopsis:“Iskhathi” is a song by South African rapper and songwriter Ntombela, rapped in Zulu. The song speaks on the importance of valuing time. The music video was directed Thapelo “SPeeKa” Modiea and Mulalo “Fya” Ngubane

HIP HOP PROTECTION SOUNDTRACK

Artist:Benza ft Sacredskillz
Director:Veronica Benanti, Michele Macaluso
Country:Italy
Runtime:1:55
Synopsis:“Hip Hop protection Official Video” wants to tell through music, rhymes and images the motives and intentions that move the project Hip Hop Protection. HHP, is a non-profit association that works for the promotion of Hip Hop culture in the list of intangible heritage of UNESCO through a free petition open to the whole world. We carry on the theory for which the Hip Hop culture is by its nature in conformity with the requirements required by UNESCO to enter the list of intangible heritage, considering it necessary to start an Iter of candidacy.

MOMENT TO FEEL

Artist:Adrian Vega D’mento
Director:Adrian Vega D’mente
Country:Cuba
Runtime:3:45
Synopsis:“Moment to Feel” is a video clip that incites reflection on the human being of these times, since we live in a time of great technological advance but little spiritual advance, this material is an allegory to the passage of our lives, because we are nothing more than aliens materialized in these bodies, with the opportunity to experience our existence in this short path popularly named life. Life is like a blink in time and it is useless to live it if there is not a moment to feel.

NECESITO

Artist:F3fa
Director:Fabio Naitana, Corrado Ferrara, Federico Camosso
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:35
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NEL MIRINO

Artist:Project 205 feat Santo Traficante & Aurel
Director:Alex Fralma
Country:Italy
Runtime:4:21
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NON SIETE FASCISTI MA

Artist:Kento
Director:Matteo Tiberia
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:44
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OL’ SCHOOL

Artist:Ellect
Director:Xavier Luciano, Stephen Tyson Jr
Country:United States
Runtime:2:26
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SEKKON CHANCE

Artist:SAFFWIZZ, KOAST, NAQQA & RATCHOPPER
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:3:40
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SHMOO

Artist:Layz
Director:Daniel Mercatali
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:55
Synopsis:The Shmoo is an imaginary creature that can become any flavor every man desires.Music, today, is a bit like the Shmoo: it takes on the “flavors” required by the market and not always those of the artist. An artist who changes and evolves is more than positive but only if in function of his personal and artistic growth. The track, Shmoo, embodies this concept in an ironic way and being the first track of an EP where each song is inspired by a different film, it does so through references borrowed from the cinema world, in fact, each bar is inspired by a different film.

SOLDATI

Artist:Tyson Willy Feat Deshi
Director:Gennaro Cappiello
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:52
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STEP BY STEP

Artist:Lil’ K
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:2:44
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SUONA LE CAMPANE

Artist:FAM
Director:Sergio Marini
Country:Italy
Runtime:4:14
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TAWASHI

Artist:NASTYSH!!T
Director:YungRaven
Country:Tunisia
Runtime:3:36
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TIROTEO 3

Artist:John C feat Fabio Musta
Director:Elio Nubes De Filippo
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:07
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TOO FAMOUS

Artist:Sapobully
Director:Giammarco Boscariol
Country:Italy
Runtime:2:21
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TURN

Artist:WSW WUFER ft LAURA ZARA
Director:Emiliano Menichetti
Country:Italy
Runtime:7:07
Synopsis:Song about gender violence

TYRANNOSAURUS BLUES

Artist:Vittorio Caratozzolo
Director:Vittorio Caratozzolo
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:18
Synopsis:Safe and secure he sentences to death thousands of young people to whom the future he steals. The Tyrant to the world tells the talesdefended by slaves to which he throws crumbs . Clinging to his throne, still survives, drops his bombs, not only emotional. To hope the door closes, bodies stretched out, the darkness advances. Who will our lives give us back? Who will this mess fix? We all look like alabaster statues. Invading and killing gives no glory the Tyrant is already condemned by Time and History: he thinks he’s a hero, he’s just a residue, in our memory will be just trash.

UN PIATTO CALDO

Artist:Lord Madness
Director:Jacopo Testone
Country:Italy
Runtime:4:43
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UNIVERSO

Artist:Deda ft. Neffa e Fabri Fibra
Director:Matteo Uzzi Bombarda
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:44
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WE ARE AROUND

Artist:Lil Manda x ZOO
Director:Francesco Cioffi, Marco Zollo, Eugenio Ciullo, Mario De Gennaro
Country:Italy
Runtime:3:06
Synopsis:The song describes the provincial reality and the life habits of the young people of the districts, with a cheerful, energetic and motivating sound. The song tells the daily routine of the neighborhoods, especially of the popular reality, through nostalgic memories that impress a pleased smile on the listener’s face. The feelings and images they evoke are: the youth of the most recent generations, aggregation, sharing and the spirit of revenge and freedom

Experimental

AKIN

Director:Stephan Cornelio Velema
Country: Netherlands
Runtime:03:23
Synopsis:Based on an interview given by Guy Ritchie, the following can be concluded. Every woman or man has two identities; the identity given at birth, deep within themselves, and an identity they feel is projected upon them by the outside world. There has to be a reconciliation between the two. As we step into a moment in Jason Ritchie’s downwards spiraling life after he experienced a severe trauma, we quickly learn that within himself there is the solution to his pain. There is no outside world except for what he makes of it. He must become the master of his life, even trough pain and failure. He finds this answer by accidentally passing out into a state of meditation and dance.

CEMENTO

Director:Stephan Cornelio Velema
Country: Netherlands
Runtime:26:15
Synopsis:When two friends – Ayoub and Ryan – are being held on suspicion of a violent robbery, their friendship and loyalty is being tested. A conceptual story about imprisonment, minorities, creativity and hope.

CREATURA

Director:Ford Mckeown Larose, Phethsari Pathammavong
Country:Canada
Runtime:12:55
Synopsis:If the world were to recreate itself in an empty space, how would new forms of life appropriate this environment? How would they evolve? Through lights and movements, Creatura explores the concept of genesis and evolution in a post-apocalyptic universe.

DON’T PLAY WITH L(KN)IVES

Director:Omari ‘Motion’ Carter
Country: United Kingdom
Runtime: 14:58
Synopsis:‘Don’t Play with L(Kn)ives’ is an original Hip Hop Screendance piece that explores knife crime in the UK. Bringing together some of the UK’s finest Hip Hop dancers, a live violinist & a spoken word artist. ‘Don’t Play with L(Kn)ives’ shines a light on this taboo aspect of British culture – sharing untold stories to deliver a poignant message to young people.

ÉPICENTRE

Director:Anne Nguyen, Greg Kozo
Country:France
Runtime:08:27
Synopsis:Through dance, the symbolism of the body and the stereotypes associated with bodies, Anne Nguyen invites the onlooker to question the concept of cultural appropriation. “Épicentre. A film that “queries the influence that large architectural complexes have over human and social behaviour”. And celebrates the 60th anniversary of résidence Le Parc by the architect Fernand Pouillon. In order to highlight the monumental and timeless aspects of his developments, I decided to have the dancers wear Native American headdresses. Yes, like the ones you often see in westerns. Well, actually, my frame of reference is Michael Jackson’s Black or White. (…)” – Anne Nguyen

EXIT

Director:Clara Vieira Silveira
Country: Brazil
Runtime:03:48
Synopsis:The following video is the result of a workshop carried out by Projeto Oráculo with young students from Centro Cultural Escrava Anastácia, an NGO located on the mainland of Florianópolis that has been developing social projects since 1998.

IT AIN’T WHERE YOU FROM / THE MAIN CIRCLE 7.83

Director: Philip Jamal Rachid
Country:United Arab Emirates
Runtime:32:17
Synopsis:What do you do when you grow up without a family or a homeland, with a different vibe and a different tribe? You have to create your own path. This is the story of It Ain’t Where You From. A Love letter to Hip Hop

KWEELINGS AND THE TRAVELER

Director:Christopher Costa
Country:United States
Runtime:20:00
Synopsis:An aspiring dancer and his otherworldly friends battle a rival crew for a mysterious boombox.

LAVISHÉ

Director:Moncef Henaien
Country:Sweden
Runtime:12:23
Synopsis:Join us on an unforgettable cinematic journey and experience a boundary-pushing fusion of art and film with Lavishé, starring Mr Riviera and Ca$h Galore, directed by the award-winning filmmaker Moncef Henaien

NEON PHANTOM

Director:Leonardo Martinelli
Country: Brazil
Runtime:20:00
Synopsis:A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.

RAP MUNDI

Director:Rocco Brandini
Country:Syrian Arab Republic
Runtime:01:37
Synopsis:The following video is the result of a workshop carried out by Projeto Oráculo with young students from Centro Cultural Escrava Anastácia, an NGO located on the mainland of Florianópolis that has been developing social projects since 1998.

SECOND GUESSING

Director:Thérèse Lynch
Country:United Kingdom
Runtime:00:08:30
Synopsis:Dance video choreographed to reflect the emotional impact of coercive control on the person being controlled

SHAMAN, SHADOW, LIGHT

Director:Ffion Campbell – Davis
Country:United Kingdom
Runtime:03:32
Synopsis:A dance film which reveals a process of transformation through the inner aspects of the psychie. Mediating between darkness and light, concrete, nature, the masculine and the feminine. Reflecting gender fluidity within Hip Hop Krump movement and culture, inspired by lived experiences of navigating harshness and vulnerability, primal instinct and conformity in order to survive systems of oppression within the concrete jungle.

SHARED CANVAS

Director:Aleksej Nutz
Country:Germany
Runtime:04:20
Synopsis:Dance and painting – two art forms meet in Shared Canvas. In a collaborative process dancer/choreographer Jonas Frey and painter/actor Cédric Pintarelli create a painting. Their common space transforms into an atelier and a dance studio in which the art forms merge together. While the movements of painting become visible as dance, the dance is captured in the paintings.

THE REBORN

Director:Simone Podda
Country:Italy
Runtime:01:12
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UNDERGROUNDED EPISODE 1: ELEVATED

Director:Sindre Sten Erikkson Vik
Country:Norway
Runtime:02:19
Synopsis:A coceptual dance short by Sindre Eriksson Vik starring Claudio Fernandes aka Comics. Undergrounded, a word combined by underground and grounded. This is the first of three in the same series, where the main goal is to show the groundedness of street/hiphop dancers as they move in underground areas.

UNFADED

Director:Stephan Cornelio Velema
Country:Netherlands
Runtime:03:18
Synopsis:Dance video choreographed to reflect the emotional impact of coercive control on the person being controlled.

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Director:Francesco ‘Kento’ Carlo
Country:Italy
Runtime:6:00
Synopsis:Give voice to those who are not heard. Most fitting phrase could not be thereto narrate Barre Aperte, an extraordinary project created by CCO-Crisi Come Opportunità and Associazione Puntozero, thanks to the support of Fondazione Alta Mane Italia, and which features the rapper and author Francesco “Kento” Carlo. An exciting journey from theJuvenile prison Beccaria in Milan to that of Airola, in the province of Benevento, to tell thelife, dreams and stories of the guys subjected to penal measures

HORIZONS

Director:Diana Mengyuan Hu
Country:New Zealand
Runtime: 04:21
Synopsis:Horizons explores asian migrant themes in Aotearoa New Zealand and our own personal journeys through the expression of street dance, visual imagery and music whilst acknowledging and remembering those who came before us.

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Director:Mathieu Rochet
Country: France
Runtime: 15:00
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Director:Adrián León Arocha
Country:Spain
Runtime:00:18:48
Synopsis:Documental serie about music panorama in Spain and Canary islands. Through the life of some artists, showing the person and how they work and create their songs in an intimal creative moments, backstages before a live concert too and so much more. Shooting since 2017 until actuality, facing the evolution of the urban genre in Spain through the different point of view of the artist who be part.