Our documentary Walls of Fame is now on Prime Video
The docufilm produced by A-Kube ADV, directed by Alex Garraffa, with cinematography by Antonio D’Anna and production management by Palmira Salinas, is now available on Prime Video.
Walls of Fame is a journey through street art, cinema and tradition across eight towns in inland Sicily, between the Sosio Valley and the Ficuzza area. It tells the story of communities fighting cultural stereotypes and emigration. They have chosen the walls of their own streets to tell their story today in a new, more contemporary way.
Made in collaboration with iWORLD of Lucenzo Tambuzzo, Walls of Fame follows the development of the iART FIVAS project, and for us it marks an important milestone. The film was born in the Palermo hinterland and shot together with the people who live there. Now it reaches the audience of an international platform.
We listened to the voices of people who still live the history and reality of these places closely. We gave space to their pride and their dreams, but also to their problems, their fears, and the hope against hope of communities that risk falling apart a little more each year, yet proudly survive.
The Movie
Walls of Fame tells the story of iART FIVAS, an open-air museum spread across Bisacquino, Campofiorito, Chiusa Sclafani, Corleone, Mezzojuso, Palazzo Adriano, Prizzi and Roccamena. It includes 32 murals by internationally renowned artists from eight different countries.
The story weaves together two threads. The first is the bond between these places and international cinema: from Frank Capra, who was born in Bisacquino, to Al Pacino, to the iconic locations of the Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso. The second is the rituals, memories and work on the land that still set the rhythm of life in these communities.
What emerges is a portrait of civic, social and cultural rebirth. Street art becomes a hymn to collective beauty, to memory and to the future of these towns.
The artists and the voices of the towns
The murals are signed by Italian and international street artists.
- Bisacquino: Andrea Buglisi, CrazyOne, Mariana Duarte Santos, Theic
- Campofiorito: Heavy Mentall, Medianeras, Artez
- Chiusa Sclafani: Alon David Alonso
- Corleone: Milu Correch, Ligama, Loste, Mandi Oh
- Mezzojuso: Mapecoo, Rame13, Emmanuel Jarus, Web3
- Palazzo Adriano: Hendrik Beikirch, Soen Bravo, Neve, TVBOY
- Prizzi: Mikhail Albano, ENCS18, Mr Thoms, J.3rny
- Roccamena: La180, AlvaMoca, Loste, Seba_Mat
Above all, the towns are told by the people who live in them. The film features mayors and local administrators, historians, artisans, farmers and livestock breeders. It also includes the guides of the Frank Capra trail in Bisacquino and two extras from Cinema Paradiso in Chiusa Sclafani.
In Corleone we hear from Francesca Paola Di Palermo, niece of the trade unionist Placido Rizzotto. In Palazzo Adriano we hear from the poet Francesca Cuccia, and in Chiusa Sclafani from the band conductor Gianni Giannetto.
Production and credits
Walls of Fame is produced by A-Kube ADV, which also handled editing and post-production. Artistic direction is by iWORLD E.T.S., as part of the iART FIVAS project created by Lucenzo Tambuzzo. Local coordination is led by the Municipality of Bisacquino, the project’s lead partner. Distribution is by 35MM Lumen.
- Production, editing and post-production: A-Kube ADV
- Director and creative director: Alex Garraffa
- Director of photography: Antonio d’Anna
- Production secretary: Palmira Salinas
- Camera operators: Riccardo Cucina, Adriano Spadaro
- Production assistant: Eleonora Massaro
- Music: Edmondo Annoni, with guitar by Pippo Dolores
- Artistic and general direction, iART FIVAS: Lucenzo Tambuzzo (iWORLD E.T.S.)
- Street art event production: Emanuele Messina
- Project design and organizational coordination: Claudia Tambuzzo
- Historical and anthropological research: Emanuela Caravello
- Local coordination: Municipality of Bisacquino, Mayor Tommaso Di Giorgio
- Technical and administrative management: Terrana Architetti & Associati
- Press office: Roberto Ginex
Heartfelt thanks to all the local assistants, our technical partners, and every community that opened their homes, their squares and their hearts to us.
Where to watch
Walls of Fame is available on Prime Video, included with your subscription:
Watch here the documentary
You can find it more easily by searching for the full title.
We invite you to discover it, along with the identity and pride of these towns, which still have so much to tell and remember.
