Billi il cowboy Cowboy Billi
Directed by Fede GianniItaly 2024
Runtime 15'
It is the late 1960s, and in the Roman countryside, next to the construction sites of the burgeoning working-class suburbs, dozens of western films were being shot. Billi is twelve years old; she rides horses and dreams of being a cowboy. When a casting agent shows up looking for young extras to do some stunt work, Billi knows this is her big chance. Her family, however, thinks otherwise.
Directed by
Fede Gianni
Screenplay
Giulia Cosentino, Fede Gianni
Cinematography
Clarissa Cappellani
Editing
Chiara Dainese
Music
Vittorio Giampietro
Sound Design
Federico Tummolo
Production Design
Ilaria Sadun
Costumes
Olivia Bellini
Cast
Delia Enea, Barbara Chichiarelli, Lorenzo Romanazzi
Production
Giovanni Pompili, Lara Costa Calzado (Kino Produzioni)
Distribution
Premiere Film, Raicinema
Fede Gianni (1986) is a trans scriptwriter and director. His short films have been screened at several international film festivals and have won awards at the Director’s Guild of America, Vimeo, and The Gotham. His feature film projects have received the support of the Torino Film Lab, IFP Week, Oxbelly Lab, and the SFFILM Rain Grant. Gianni holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University. He teaches Film at John Cabot University in Rome and New York University in Florence.
