• Colette

    Directed by Anthony Giacchino
    USA/France/Germany | 24 minutes |

World War II. Not all warriors wore uniforms. Not all warriors were men. Meet ninety-year-old Colette Catherine who, as a young girl, fought the Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. Now she’s about to re-open old wounds, re-visting the terrors of that time. Some nightmares are too terrible to remember. But also, too dangerous to forget.

WINNER: Young Cineastes Award

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film details

Director: Anthony Giacchino
Producers: Annie Small, Alice Doyard, Aaron Matthews
Screenwriter: Anthony Giacchino
Cinematographers: Rose Bush
Editor: Aaron Matthews
Music: Nami Melumad
Cast: Colette Marin-Catherine, Lucie Fouble
Country: USA/France/Germany
Language: In French and German with English subtitles.
Year: 2020
Running Time: 24 minutes
Awards: Best Documentary Short, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Primary Company: Time Travel Unlimited
Contact Email: anniemichellesmall@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ColetteDocShort/

director biography

Anthony Giacchino is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker living in NYC. His last doc, The Giant's Dream (Warner Bros. Pictures), tells the story behind Academy Award winning director Brad Bird's first feature film, The Iron Giant. Anthony is currently working on an untitled World War II project set for the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. Anthony's first feature-length documentary, "The Camden 28," aired on the PBS series POV, and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Achievement in writing for the screen. The New York Times called the film "a brilliant merger of political outrage and filmmaking chops and the most suspenseful movie in theaters right now." In addition to his documentary film work, Anthony guest-curated the New York City Police Museum's 2009 centennial exhibit on Joe Petrosino, the legendary NYPD detective whose 1909 murder in Palermo made him the force's first and only member to be killed overseas in the line of duty.

2020 ShortFest Archive