La Duna

La Duna

by Emerson Culurgioni and Stefanie Schroeder (93 min) 93 min | 2024

Beginning with the rumour that Silvio Berlusconi stole a sand dune from Sardinia's southern coast, LA DUNA circles a single question: who owns the land? A collection of strange, fairytale-like, absurd and true stories unfolds around power, property and resistance.

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A film by Emerson Culurgioni and Stefanie Schroeder

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A film by
Emerson Culurgioni and Stefanie Schroeder
Year
Runtime
93 min
Subtitles
Language
Format
2k DCP 5.1, TV Full-HD Stereo 2.0
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La Duna in cinemas

Datum Stadt Kino Link
11.05.2025
17:00 Uhr		 Berlin IL KINO Berlin
23.04.2025
21:30 Uhr		 Hamburg Dokfilmwoche Hamburg
23.03.2025
16:00 Uhr		 Berlin Babylon Berlin
15.04.2024
10:00 Uhr		 Nyon Visions du Réel
14.04.2024
15:15 Uhr		 Nyon Visions du Réel

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Synopsis

In summer, Porto Pino's snow-white sand dune is lined with brightly coloured beach bars and parasols; in winter, fighter jets roar and rifle fire cracks overhead. Over the years, the dunes—partly situated within Sardinia's largest military training ground—have visibly shrunk. Among local residents, a rumour persists that Silvio Berlusconi stole the sand and carried it north to his scandal-ridden Bunga Bunga villa in fashionable northern Sardinia. Beginning with a grain of sand, LA DUNA pursues a larger question: who owns the land? The film brings together true stories of an expropriated farmer who threatens NATO with goat skulls; an enterprising fisherman who takes tourists to a radioactively contaminated peninsula; a tenacious 92-year-old cattle farmer who drives away an international property consortium; a seasonal waitress planning a marina as a matriarchy; a scattered Sardinian family; populist environmentalists; tonnes of sand in plastic bottles; and the ceaseless “battle for the narrative”.

Awards & Festivals

Visions du Réel

2024 | Burning Lights

Cast

as herself, Speaker, Psychologist Jennifer Melfi
as himself
as herself
as herself
as herself
as himself
as himself
as himself
as herself
as himself
as herself
as himself
as himself
as herself
Road Blocker
Tourist 1 Sussi
Tourist 2 Bandito
Tourist 3 Gast 112
Tourist 4 Evalein (IT)
Tourist 5 BO-JU
as himself
as herself
Ovidio Marras
as himself
General Domröse
General Lovering
Chia Su Giudeu Beach bar
Beach vendor
Silvio Berlusconi

Credits

Emerson Culurgioni

Director, Writer, Sound Design, Sound Recording, Subtitles, Translation

Stefanie Schroeder

Director, Writer, Subtitles

Stephan Helmut Beier

Film Producer

Ray Peter Maletzki

Film Producer

ROSENPICTURES Filmproduktion GbR

Production Company, Equipment Rental

Federico Neri

Editor

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)

Funder

Ayla Güney

Hygiene Officer

Alejandro Weyler

Boom Operator

Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V.

Equipment Rental
Directed by
Emerson Culurgioni, Stefanie Schroeder
Written by
Emerson Culurgioni, Stefanie Schroeder
Produced by
Stephan Helmut Beier, Ray Peter Maletzki
Production Company
ROSENPICTURES Filmproduktion GbR
Director of Photography
Joanna Piechotta
Production sound mixer
Claus Störmer
Sound Design
Steffen Martin, Emerson Culurgioni
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jochen Jezussek
Colorist
Moritz Peters
Color Grading
digital images GmbH (DIGIM)
Edited by
Federico Neri
Funded by
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)
Line Producer
Luca Manunza
Production Coordinator (pre-production)
Kathrin Lemcke
Line Production Services
Terra de Punt
Assistant Director
Francesca Bertin
Production Assistant
Elisabeth Decker, Jana Isabella Luck
Hygiene Officer
Ayla Güney
Camera Assistant (Italy)
Moritz Rakutt
Camera Assistant (Germany)
Lukas Ortel
Sound Recording
Roberto Cois
Sound Recording (additional)
Emerson Culurgioni, Luca Manunza
Boom Operator
Alejandro Weyler
Gaffer (Germany)
Leon Brandt
Equipment Rental
Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V., Ludwig Kameraverleih GmbH, Maier Bros. GmbH, KLANGFEE media sound, ROSENPICTURES Filmproduktion GbR
Production Design
Caroline Sell
Production Design Assistant
Daniela Groemke, Eva Radt
Set Design (Studio)
Formikat
Set Design (Assistant)
Michael Krenz
Hair and Makeup Artist
Katharina Kraft
Costume Design
Katharina Kraft, Marlene Schroeder
Visual Effects
blendFX
Consultant (script & montage)
Franz Rodenkirchen
Consultant (directing)
Valeska Grisebach
Consultant (production )
Marcie K. Jost
Mastering & DCP
digital images GmbH (DIGIM), Frank Neunübel
Accessible Version
digital images GmbH (DIGIM), Gerald Schuster
Subtitles
Emerson Culurgioni, Elisa Malter, Adrian Mathejczyk, Bradley Schmidt, Stefanie Schroeder
Translation
Bradley Schmidt, Emerson Culurgioni
Title Designer
Nick Teplov

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