Near Light
Director: Niccolo Salvato
Country: Italy
Year of production: 2023
Duration: 15 min

Subject:
- Places of captivity
- Human rights
- Human dignity
Audience:
- Employees of penitentiary system
- Institutions of the state penitentiary system of Ukraine
- Government officials
Inclusive component:
- Audio description
- Sound description
A young man, a convicted murderer, gets a chance of redemption when he enters the best Italian economics university, going back and forth from prison to university every day.
director

Niccolo Salvato
Niccolò Salvato is a writer/director and producer from Milan. Working across narrative film and documentaries, his work has been screened worldwide at many renowned festivals and film theatres. Niccolò is currently distributing a new narrative proof-of-concept short with SIC Pictures and EP:IK Pictures, as well as finalising his latest short documentary shot in Italy’s biggest high-security prison.
Selected Filmography
By Fire (2023), When I Grow Up (2023), Letter To You (2022), Through Their Eyes (2021)
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