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Na Barca Che Sogne

Collaboration with SONAI, Hugo Mir-Valette and 30 people from Chioggia, Italy. Screened on the occasion of the fourth edition of Bogiaisso, Chioggia, Italy, 2025.

Still from Na barca che sogne (2025), A film by SONAI.
Stills from Na barca che sogne (2025), A film by SONAI.

Festival Text

Al Fresco Art Cinema
International video art selection in dialogue with Chioggia’s fishing community

Bogiaisso in Chioggia dialect means ‘vortex, the point where water bubbles up’.  Since 2022, during the fishing moratorium, Bogiaisso has been a moment to look in the mirror and discover ourselves reflected in sensibilities, lands and waters both near and far, thanks to a selection of video works in profound dialogue with local life experience. Bogiaisso is also a journey of collective imagination lasting 12 months, where fishermen, artists, artisans and curators meet in bars and trattorias to interrogate art and use it to critically re-imagine the present. All this is possible thanks to the support of a scientific committee composed of over 20 curators and art experts who every year strengthen the bonds between contemporary art and the lagoon.

Trailer For The Video

Trailer for Na barca che sogne (2025), A film by SONAI

Artwork Text: Abbas Zahedi and SONAI, Na Barca Che Sogne, 2025

Collaborative community art video this piece was created with the help and life experiences of over 30 women and men from Chioggia. For over 3 years, the SONAI collective has collected verbal fragments, lived experiences, sayings, mottos, stories from Chioggia’s fishing community to weave them into an audiovisual narrative directed by artist Abbas Zahedi, currently exhibited at the Tate Modern in London. The work is completed by the sound interpretation of Hugo Mir-Valette, a Marseille-based sound artist regularly present in Chioggia. The result is a collaborative video work that gives space to the feelings of those who live the sea and cannot help but confront its constant unpredictability. Produced with support from the British Council.

SONAI is a collective platform that includes artists and dozens of Chioggia fishermen and operators in the fishing industry.

Full Credits

Na barca che sogne (2025)
A film by SONAI

With words and voices gathered from the Chioggia community—shared with Bogiaisso over the years through ceremonies, barroom conversations, and long days at sea.
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Parole e voci raccolte dalla comunità di Chioggia—condivise con Bogiaisso negli anni, tra cerimonie, chiacchiere nei bar e lunghe giornate in mare.

Spoken Words & Reflections / Voci narranti & Riflessioni

Monica De Grandis, Silvia Vianello, Arsenia Azzolin, Vincenzina Prescianotto, Anna Naccari, Cristiana Trevisan, Martina Naccari, Camilla Zennaro, Ottavia Tiozzo, Simonetta Bertotto, Sendi Carbonin, Giorgia Donà, Val Wandja, Carla Cappellato, Rina Varisco, Ofelia Perini, Luca Perini, Paolo Perini, Cristiano Veronese “Buleghin”, Roberto Tanfa, Denis Bullo, Mattia Serramondi, Elio Dell’Acqua, Daniele Padoan, Daniele Colombo, Igri Varagnolo, Riccardo Vianello, Vito Perini, Nicola Perini, Giovanni Varisco, Oscar Cappellato, Gianni Camuffo, Franco Soncin, Roberto Pugiotto, Jimmy Bullo, Diego Capon, Zerlino Bullo, Luca Nordio, Franco Stecca, Gabriele Vianelli, Paolo Donin, Mario Casson, Sandro Varagnolo, Andrea Chieregato, Niccolò Moronato.

In collaboration with / Con la partecipazione de
Associazione “Il Merletto di Chioggia”

Concept, Direction & Filming / Ideazione, regia e immagini
Abbas Zahedi

Editing / Montaggio
Abbas Zahedi
Zaida Violan 

Soundtrack Composition & Mix / Composizione e mix della colonna sonora
Hugo Mir-Valette
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Location Sound & Mastering / Suono in presa diretta e mastering
Abbas Zahedi
Niccolò Moronato

Community Writing & Knowledge Gathering / Scrittura di comunità e raccolta di conoscenza locale 
Niccolò Moronato
Alice Jasmine Crippa

Production & Coordination / Produzione & Coordinamento
Alice Jasmine Crippa

With special thanks to / Ringraziamenti speciali a
Elena, Kristhina & their lovely bar
Bar Trattoria L’Assaggio
Point Break Sottomarina
Bar Jolanda
Ristorante al Faro da Eddy
Bar Pasticceria Flora
Yasiin Zahedi

Commissioned & co-produced with / Commissionato e co-prodotto da
Bogiaisso

Supported by / Con il supporto di
British Council
RADAR

Further information about Bogiaisso can be found via their website source