Since the seventh century AD, Sado has been called the "island of exile". Unwelcomed people by the shogunate such as homeless, artists and politicians were exiled, some of them even put to forced labour in the mines. Their spirits, trapped in the depths of the earth, will never see the sky again. SADO, the new documentary short film by Davide Palella, enters Gargantua Film Distribution's 2024/2025 catalog and will have its World Premiere at the Academy Award Qualifying 40th @warsaw.film.festival this October! Directed by: @davidepalella Produced by: @emanuelaornaghi Camera operator | Cinematographer: @martin.a.rrigoni Sound supervisor: Leonardo Govoni Sound recordist: @davidepalella Sound mix | Sound design: @asiodasballo Editing: @davidepalella and @martin.a.rrigoni Colorist: @sebastianpetri__ Location manager | Translator: @nataliehommel A Solaire Films production with the support of @castrovillarifilmfestival Davide Palella graduates at NABA in 2019 with his first medium-length film, Sirio. In 2021, he receives a development grant at In Progress with his new project, Shura, mentored by Michelangelo Frammartino. Shura is then selected at the 2023-2024 Biennale College Cinema. Sonnenstube is realized during the 2022 Locarno Spring Academy and screened at more than 20 national and international film festivals. A Short Film About Vanishing and Sado are his latest works. In September 2024 he is selected to the Pedro Costa Lab, making a short film (currently in post-production) under the guidance of the Portuguese master. Congratulations! #shortsthatstay