TOTÒ E DAIANA (Calcio, caffè e Fish & Chips) finalists at the Digital Media Fest

The British-Italian sketch comedy “Totò e Daiana  (Calcio, Caffè e Fish & Chips)” has been officially selected among the finalists of the Digital Media Fest 2021. (http://www.digitalmediafest.it). The Web Series is created, written and directed by Anna Elena Pepe and Marco Gambino.

The Digital Media Fest is the first official Italian Festival exclusively dedicated to web series. It will take place in Rome from the 10th to the 12th of December.

The web serie Totò e Daiana, enriched with new episodes shot during the pandemic, is among the finalists in the Best Web Series category.

The project explores the lives of two Italians in London during the uncertainties that Brexit brought. They probably wouldn’t have created a bond of friendship if they were not in a foreign country and in a state of solitude. Football fans or not, expats or not, Totò and Daiana represent every person who is looking for their place in the world. A place that turns out to be very different from what they imagined. 

The pandemic and the few means available have not stopped Marco Gambino and Anna Elena who in recent months have managed to produce the sequel to their series in which London is the protagonist. A walk from the lower districts where Daiana lives to the residential ones of Totò through hilarious stories that involve our characters in their respective homes.

Marco and Anna Elena (Totò and Daiana respectively) like to define the new episodes “guerrilla project”. Whilst the pilot’s direction was directed by Riccardo Sai this time Marco and Anna Elena are directing the episodes themselves adding to their team the very young talent of Filippo Michele Guarna, who in addition to photography took care of sounds and editing. Thanks to the generous participation of the actor Alessandro Marchese and Scottish photographer Adam Butler, they were able to create an agile and spontaneous product. The web serie is produced by Tabit Films.

“It had always been my dream – says Marco Gambino – to be able to ride with little or nothing. In a certain sense, the pandemic has come our way by limiting us to the use of people and means”.

“As long as there are good stories to tell!” Anna Elena adds.

Authors: Anna Elena Pepe, Marco Gambino
Language: Italian
Actors: Marco Gambino, Anna Elena Pepe, Alessandro Marchese, Adam Butler
Directed By: Anna Elena Pepe, Maro Gambino e Riccardo Sai (pilot)
Screenplay By: Anna Elena Pepe, Marco Gambino, Francesco Bozzi (pilot)
Production Company: Tabit Film
Sound By: Filippo Michele Guarna / Emanuele Costantini (pilot)
Photography By: Filippo Michele Guarna / Luca Rocchini (pilot)
Grafic By: Luca Corgnali
Editing By: Filippo Michele Guarna / Paola D’Andrea (pilot)

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