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Translator required - Italian / English speaker for 4 day documentary shoot about refugee crisis shoot in Italy (end of September)

Eva Wright

5 years, 11 months ago - Eva Wright

We are flying to Calabria from 25th - 29th September to film a documentary about a ghost town that has been repopulated and revitalised with refugees from war torn countries such as Libya. The town operates as a social co-operative, however due to changing political forces across Europe, it now faces being shut down.

We require a fluent speaker of Italian and English to join our crew on the above dates, to conduct interviews with participants and then transcribe.

Ideally we would like to hire someone who is based in Italy already (any region) so that it is easier to get them to Calabria. We would also ideally like someone who has a passion in anthropological projects and / or an understanding of migrant issues.

This is a self funded project, and is an all expenses paid (travel, food, accommodation) opportunity. We also include a 'gesture fee' of 300 Euros.


About the team -

I am a filmmaker from Birmingham, and have made several short films which have been screen at UK and international film festivals.
The Director of photography is an experienced cinematographer from Cairo
We are also in process of recruiting a second camera operator.

Please email eawright@live.co.uk if you are interested or know someone that is.

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Kae Bahar

5 years, 11 months ago - Kae Bahar

Hi Eva,

I would like to join you as Italian / English translator for your shoot in Italy from 25th to 29th September in Calabria to conduct interviews and then transcribe. I am not based in Italy. I live in Bath now, but have lived in Italy for 13 years working as an actor and filmmaker, clearly I speak very good Italian.

It may also help that I am a filmmaker myself and have made documentary films about refugees in the Middle East crossing over to Europe - and I am always interested in stories about refugees, this is why I am interested in this position on your shoot.
Apart from writing and directing I also work as 1ST AD and Assistant Producer on other film projects.
Finally, I also speak some Arabic and that may come handy too if you are interviewing refugees and immigrants from Libya.

Best wishes,
Kae

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