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HEAVEN

Documentary · Italy · 2026 · 61'

Directed by Daniele Gaglianone

Overview
  • Country: Italy
  • Year: 2026
  • Type: documentary
  • Duration: 61 minutes
  • Format: 4K
  • Production: Malfé Film, YUK! Film
  • Distribution: OpenDDB - Distribuzioni Dal Basso
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Synopsis

On 3 February 2018, a man starts shooting in the streets of Macerata, a quiet town in Italy's Marche region. HEAVEN turns its attention to the people who were shot. Through the lives and stories of two of them, Kofi and Omar, the film asks why this happened. After crossing hell, they thought they had reached heaven, only to discover that their safety was fragile here too. Yet that illusory paradise is now home: the place where they feel they belong, where they claim the right to be recognised every day. HEAVEN is a story of anger and pain, desires and hopes, and a tenacious will to survive. Of life going on. It is also a portrait of a country that has lost its way and grown hostile, seen through the eyes of the other. While news coverage and official accounts focused on the gunman, the film brings the people hit by his bullets back to the centre.

Press
HEAVEN to premiere at Filmmaker

7 November 2026 · CinemaItaliano.info

HEAVEN to premiere at Filmmaker

Daniele Gaglianone's HEAVEN is among the world premieres announced for the international competition at Filmmaker 2026, taking place in Milan from 14 to 22 November. The article introduces the documentary through its encounters with the survivors of the Macerata attack, whose lives today are the film's focus.

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HEAVEN receives the Sudtitles Accessibility Award at Proxima

November 2025 · YUK! Film

HEAVEN receives the Sudtitles Accessibility Award at Proxima

YUK! Film reports on HEAVEN's Sudtitles Accessibility Award at Proxima 2025, the Festival dei Popoli industry programme for documentaries in editing and post-production. Presented under its earlier title I'm in Heaven, Daniele Gaglianone's film received support for subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.

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Credits
  • Director: Daniele Gaglianone
  • With: Kofi Wilson, Omar Fadera, Jennifer Otiotio, Roberto Tartabini
  • Written by: Daniele Gaglianone, Damiano Giacomelli
  • Editing: Enrico Giovannone
  • Producers: Matteo Tortone, Enrico Giovannone for Malfé Film; Damiano Giacomelli for YUK! Film
  • Camera: Daniele Gaglianone, Damiano Giacomelli, Alessandro Muscolini, Lorenzo Raponi
  • Sound: Michele Conti, Valerio Di Loreto, Giacomo Bracalente
  • Sound design and mix: Vito Martinelli - zerodb studio
  • Colourist: Luca Vigliani
  • Music: Life is not easy, by Masino
  • Production coordination: Stefano Merlini, Giacomo Cuppoloni
  • Archive research: Lorenzo Raponi
  • Poster: Silvia Gariglio

Festivals & Awards

Archive curated by Malfé Film.

Participations (3) Malfé archive
2026Nov · Scollinare Film Festival · Opening film · Regional premiere, 20 November (announced)
2026Nov · Filmmaker Festival · International Competition · World premiere, 18 November (announced)
2025nov · Festival dei Popoli · Doc at Work - Proxima · Work in progress

Awards and nominations

  • 2025 Nov, Festival dei Popoli - Proxima: Sudtitles Accessibility Award - Il cinema per tutti