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Luigi

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United States20258 minEnglish
Luigi

When Luigi Mangione is charged with murder, he becomes the subject of fevered obsession. Through letters, fantasies, and conspiracies, strangers turn Luigi into a cultural sensation and a canvas for their rage, desire, and misplaced hope.

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When Luigi Mangione is charged with murder, he becomes the subject of fevered obsession. Through letters, fantasies, and conspiracies, strangers turn Luigi into a cultural sensation and a canvas for their rage, desire, and misplaced hope.

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Screening TIMES

This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Liza Mandelup

  • Producers

    Lauren Cioffi

    Liza Mandelup

  • Executive Producers

    Ryan Mazie

    Alexandra Dale

  • Field Producer

    Peter Heres

  • Director of Photography

    Ben Whatley

  • Edited by

    Max Allman

    Nicholas Nazmi

  • Composer

    Fletcher Aleckson

  • Graphic Design

    Emily Chin-Longobardi

  • Additional Editors

    Ariel Leigh Cicero

    Tom Maroney

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Liza Mandelup

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Liza Mandelup is an award-winning, Brooklyn-based director whose films Jawline (2019 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Emerging Filmmaker) and Caterpillar (SXSW and The New York Times Critic’s Pick) earned major acclaim. Named Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces,” she has worked with Hulu, A24, and is developing two scripted features titled Tunnel and Licking Knives.

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