NYUMBA (Italy, 2025, 83′)

Wednesday, October 1st, at 6:30 p.m.; Fabbrica delle “E”, Gruppo Abele, Corso Trapani, 91/b 

Event in partnership with Gruppo Abele

On Wednesday, October 1st, at 6:30 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Gruppo Abele , will present the movie Nyumba by Francesco Del Grosso . The film, presented by director Del Grosso and screenwriter Paola Bottero , delicately addresses the theme of migration, narrating the lives of those who arrive in our country, and the welcome they receive. Nyumba , which means “home” in Swahili, is the story of the home from which five people fled and the home they found in the Region of Calabria, which they chose as a place to live and work. 

The movie will be presented by the director, followed by a Q&A session with the director and the screenwriter .  

Speakers: Lucia Bianco (Vice President of Gruppo Abele) and Bertin Nzosa (director of Mosaico Azioni per i Rifugiati Aps).

Admission method : free admission.

International title: Nyumba
Original title: Nyumba
Director: Francesco Del Grosso
Screenplay: Paola Bottero
Photography: Francesco Casunati, Matteo Niccolò Bresci
Editing: Giulio Tiberti
Sound: Marco Del Bene
Production: Indaco Film

In the night between February 25 th and 26 th , 2023, a caique sailing from Turkey ran aground in the small town of Steccato di Cutro, in Calabria, Italy. The shipwreck caused a massacre of migrants. On that same shore, five young African men share their story. They arrived in Calabria from Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and decided to stay and live in Caulonia, Lamezia, Reggio Calabria and Soveria Mannelli. Both small and large towns, where they found their new home (in Swahili, “nyumba” means “home”), social and working inclusion. They create temporary drawings with the sand, visual traces that will eventually be erased, through which they describe the harsh experiences they lived, with images within images. This movie is dedicated to the over thirty thousand deaths crossing the Mediterranean Sea, which has become a cemetery.

Francesco Del Grosso (Rome, 1982), director, screenwriter and editor, graduated at the DAMS of the Roma Tre University with a thesis on David Fincher. As a director, he has written, directed and edited spots, short films, TV series and documentaries – the latest being selected and awarded in numerous festivals. While working behind the camera, Del Grosso is also a film critic and has collaborated with industry magazines and website.

Filmography (selection): Gli invisibili – Esordi nel cinema italiano 2000-2006 (mlf, doc, 2007, with Christian Carmosino Mereu, Enrico Carocci, Pierpaolo De Sanctis), Stretti al vento – Storie di navigazioni in solitario (doc, 2008, with Daniele Guarnera), Negli occhi (doc, 2009, with Daniele Anzellotti), 11 metri (doc, 2011), Fuoco amico – La storia di Davide Cervia (doc, 2014), Non voltarti indietro (doc, 2016), In prima linea (doc, 2020, with Matteo Balsamo), Peso morto (doc, 2022), Nyumba (doc, 2025).