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Diritto al futuro

Piero Badaloni, Andrea Ballestrazzi, Fausta Slanzi. Italy, 2026, 50’

Where
MAST.Auditorium, Via Speranza 42, Bologna
Followed by a conversation with
Piero Badaloni and Andrea Ballestrazzi

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From the Diritto al futuro trailer: a portrait of a young boy, a boy silhouetted on the shore at sunset, the Mexico–United States border wall running into the sea seen from above, children smiling and waving among the tents of a camp, a young woman in a headscarf lifting a baby.

The film

A group of girls and boys with painted faces looking at the camera, in a scene from the film
A girl sitting in a room with children’s drawings on the walls speaks towards the camera
A man and a child on horseback cross a crowded camp, among sacks and tarpaulins
A young woman smiles next to a small child, both with their heads covered by a black veil

Diritto al futuro is a documentary film that explores the state of children’s rights more than thirty years after the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, through a journey of personal testimonies.

The film follows the stories of migrant children affected by war, discrimination and poverty, from the border between Mexico and the United States to Afghanistan, by way of Europe and Africa. The final chapter is devoted to the children of the Gaza Strip.

Alongside their voices are those of volunteers from international organisations working with children in need, despite the sharp cut in funding decided by the President of the United States. Among the testimonies, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, recalls the right to peace and calls on us to “disarm our hearts and our hands”; the lawyer Giorgio Pighi, former mayor of Modena, also speaks.

Diritto al futuro is the second documentary produced by the Modena voluntary organisation Ho Avuto Sete, after La grande sete, about water.

Stages of the journey

Mexico and the United States
Young people stranded in front of the border wall, a thousand kilometres long and seven metres high, while their relatives wait for them on the other side.
Europe
Unaccompanied minors landing from Africa and children fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Africa
Families moving from one country to another to escape hunger.
Afghanistan
Girls forced to return from Pakistan and Iran, whom the Taliban bar from school and from moving freely.
Gaza
The final chapter: wounded children treated in hospitals in Italy and other European countries.

About the film

Directed by Piero Badaloni, Andrea Ballestrazzi and Fausta Slanzi

Documentary, Italy, 2026, 50’

Production

Ho Avuto Sete OdV, Modena

In collaboration with

Ho Avuto Sete OdV

Ordine degli Avvocati di Bologna

Ordine degli Avvocati di Modena

The trailer

The authors

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the directors Piero Badaloni and Andrea Ballestrazzi on the themes explored in the film.

Piero Badaloni
Journalist, at Rai since 1971: he presented the TG1 news in the early 1980s and from 1991 to 1995, then was a correspondent in Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid. Since 2011 he has made documentaries; with Ho Avuto Sete he made La grande sete.
Andrea Ballestrazzi
Co-author and co-director of the film, he sits on the board of Ho Avuto Sete OdV.
Fausta Slanzi
Co-author and co-director of the film.

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