"Mami" sagte

Type of Project:  Experimental
Length:  14:42 minutes
Producer(s):  Margherita Arco
Editor  Sarah: Beckmann
Cinematographer:  Marie Constantinesco

Empty spaces and forsaken artefacts in an abandoned farmhouse tell the story of an ailing mother and middle-aged son, Siegfried. Through Siegfried's compulsive writings on the walls, a co-dependent relationship between domineering Mami and Siegfried is revealed. Can Siegfried sacrifice his filial duty to find happiness? The voices of the past echo through the empty house.

Margherita Arco – Graduate
margherita.arco@gmail.com

A German/Austrian filmmaker, a recent Master's from Tisch School of the Arts, Margherita's feature script "Salt of the Earth", a family drama set in the vanishing world of farming, was selected for the NYU Purple List, IFP Emerging Storyteller Lab and the German writer's lab, "Drehbuchwerkstatt". Margherita has made written and directed a few short films and produced a feature film (Fits and Starts dir. Laura Terruso) currently in post-production. She is currently editing a feature length documentary on subjective experiences of war. Her short: "Mami Sagte" tells the story of an abandoned house and a destroyed family emblematic of disappearing farming community in Austria.