Film People Project

Film People Project is a photographic archive of people and the films that shaped their lives

About

FILM PEOPLE PROJECT
🇬🇧 Film People Project is a photography and storytelling project that explores life stories through cinema. Each participant is portrayed and invited to choose the film of their life, not the “best film,” but the one that, at a specific moment, helped them understand who they are, what they have lost, what they are searching for, or who they are becoming.

The photographic portrait is only the beginning. At the heart of the project are the people and their personal narratives, experiences, wounds, turning points, loves, falls, rebirths, memories. Cinema becomes a narrative key, a starting point to reveal an authentic part of oneself. Film People is an ever evolving human archive, currently composed of 230+ portraits and stories, that bring together portrait photography and emotional memory.

It does not matter which film you choose. What matters is why you choose it. If you carry in your heart a film that marked an important moment in your life, Film People is the place where that story can find its voice.

Do you have a favorite film? Tell me here.

AUTHOR
Alessio Trerotoli is an Italian photographer, based in Rome. He is the author of the award-winning series Urban Melodies and Raindrop Blues, published in some of the most important photography magazines. He currently collaborates with several art galleries in Italy, France, the United States, and China. He graduated in 2009 in Arts and Cinema Studies. His first exhibition took place in 2010, and since then Alessio’s photographs have been shown in various galleries, festivals, and art fairs, both in Italy and abroad. In 2019 he started the Film People project.

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Press

Vanity Fair Il film della nostra vita: perché abbiamo scelto proprio quello?
The Story PortraitThe Story Behind The Portrait
Bored PandaI Ask People To Define Themselves Through A Movie
Camera NationFilm People: raccontare le persone ritratte attraverso il cinema
Roma Today“[Il Roma Tre Film Festival] quest’anno si arricchisce con la mostra fotografica Film People di Alessio Trerotoli, allestita nel foyer del Teatro e visibile per tutta la durata del festival”
Una Vita da Cinefilo 200 Volte Film People!

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