- year : 2016
- country : Italy, UK
- timing : 29:08'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Gloria Aura Bortolini
written by Gloria Aura Bortolini
produced by Gloria Aura Bortolini, Lionel Durix
DoPs Gloria Aura Bortolini, Enrico Michieletto, Angelica Riccardi
music and sound by Andy Caruso
editor Domenico Gambardella
Living on a boat in the heart of London. A landscape where the boundaries between urban and rural are blurred, populated by people who live out of conventional society. Rich people live on the river Thames, while on the Regent's canal you find those who can't afford a flat. Only one thing unites them: the love for nature and freedom. Everything else divides them. Observing them everyday in their habits, getting to know them, and finally describing them with a documentary that is the portrait of an unusual London and of an increasingly popular lifestyle.
- Milano Design Film Festival (2016, Italy, Milan)
- International Documentary Film Festival "Sole Luna", Best Documentary Prize (2016, Italy, Palermo)
- Visioni Italiane Film Festival, Best Documentary Prize (2016, Italy, Rome)
- A Corto di Donne, Best Documentary Prize (2016, Italy, Pozzuoli)
- Budapest Architecture Film Days (2016, Hungary, Budapest)
- International Film Festival "Sea Calling", Special Jury Prize (2017, Russia, St.Petersburg)
- International Film Festival "The Man and the Sea", Special Prize (2017, Russia, Vladivostok)
- International Tour Film Fest (2017, Italy, Rome)
- International Festival of Documentary Films "Meetings in Siberia" (2017, Russia, Novosibirsk)
- Seoul International Architecture Film Festival (2017, Korea, Seoul)
- Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival (2017, Turkey, Istanbul)
- International Film Festival n.a. Savva Morozov (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival of Arctic Countries (2017, Russia, Arkhangelsk)
- Architektur Filmtage Zürich (2017, Switzerland, Zurich)
- Festival di Cinema e Donne, Premio Anna Magnani (2018, Italy, Firenze)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Gloria Aura Bortolini was born on 27.01.1982 in Italy. She is an Italian reporter, photographer and filmmaker. Her body of work includes films, documentaries, photoreportages and writing. Following graduation in Economics and master in Marketing & Communication, she started working as a reporter and during three years she had been sent around the world. After spending two years in Brazil and Argentina, she moved to London. That is when she became interested in visual storytelling. Her first film "London afloat" has been awarded with the best documentary prize in several film festivals. Her background in journalism paired up with her experience in photography and video brought her to documentary filmmaking and photoreportage. Her experiences inspired her to focus on intercultural dialogue, art, lifestyle and travel. She works for international televisions, magazines and independent projects. Host and creator of Glorious Postcards, a vlog on what's cool, innovative and original, which airs weekly on YouTube.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2016 - «London Afloat», documentary / debut