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NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED- Animation
France, Italy/70 minutes/ Director – Alain Ughetto/2022
In the Beginning of the 20th century, in Ughettera, Northern Italy, the Ughetto family decides to leave their village dreaming of a better life abroad. However, Luigi Ughetto stays back in southern France, and this brought about a complete change in the destiny of his family for ever. His grandson travels back in time revisiting their history. The film puts across the point that even though we may remember our fathers, our mothers, and our grandparents, but beyond them we don’t know anything. No Dogs or Italians Allowed is a film that is both tender and rough, intimate and historical, poetic and realistic. The sign "No Dogs or Italians Allowed" is evocative of a particular era, but it clearly resonates with the current migrant issue too. The film won the 2022 European Film Awards for the best animated feature and accolades at the 41st Annecy Animation Film Festival.