Realization of interviews and b-roll of a Uyghur family in Italy. For decades, Uyghurs have experienced ethnic and religious discrimination in Xinjiang and they have been subjected to various forms of torture and ill-treatment. This family is now living in Italy, yearning for reunification with their children trapped in China. Realization of a video interview, with b-roll and audio capture for The Washington Post. The conflict between the Houthi Shiite rebels supported by Iran and the Yemeni Sunni government supported by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been going on for almost 4 years, causing the death of 17,000 people. In a nation of nearly 29 million, 22 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. In this context, civilians are enduring an inhuman situation, deliberately targeted by aerial bombardments, missiles, snipers, crossfire, antipersonnel landmines and stray bullets. Yemen's depleted health ministry relies on humanitarian organization to provide medical care, but the country is on the brink of famine. Almost 85,000 children have starved to death so far. A mosaic of stories from the forgotten war in Yemen, seen through the eyes of humanitarian operators and civilians, trapped in a life of violence and disease. Mental Health of male victims of violence in northern Nigeria. The Syrian war began in 2011 and, in four years, has seen an exodus of more than 3 million refugees. Who doesn't choose the sea-route, like 22-year-old Mohamad Al Masalmeh, with its interminable voyages of hope aboard makeshift vessels, is obliged to knock on Europe's gateway, Bulgaria. After 1 year in the refugee camp, Mohamad escaped and travelled illegally from Bulgaria to Germany.
Matteo B.
Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy7 reviews
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Documentary DP
2 reviewsEditorial Photographer / Photojournalist
2 reviewsNews Shooter / Video Journalist
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Equipment
Video
- 4K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- DSLR or equivalent
- Drone
Audio
- Shotgun mic
- Wireless lavalier mic
Miscellaneous
- Stabilizer
- Lighting kit
About Matteo
Matteo Bastianelli (b. 1985) is a freelance documentary photographer, videographer, certified drone operator, video editor and filmmaker based in Rome, Italy. He is a National Geographic Magazine contributor and a member of Italy's National Order of Journalists since 2009. Above all he works on personal and long-term projects related to social, environmental and human rights issues, with a keen interest in consequences of wars and contemporary issues affecting our society. His photographic and film projects have been published and commissioned by a number of national and international magazines, such as Al Jazeera, Burn, CNN, Corriere della Sera, Der Spiegel, Discovery Channel Interactive, D- La Repubblica, El Pais, Internazionale, International New York Times, Lens - The New York Times, L'Espresso, L'Europeo, La Repubblica, La Stampa, MSNBC, National Geographic Magazine, Newsweek Japan, PDN, Super 8-La Repubblica, Stern, Sky News, TIME Lightbox, Vanity Fair, Voice of America, Washington Post, XL Semanal, among others. Since 2016 he has also been working on assignment for NGOs such as Amnesty International, AVSI, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Human Rights Watch and International Committee of the Red Cross. His projects have been shown in Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, The Netherlands and USA. He has received various awards for his work, among which PDN’s Photo Annual, Emerging Talent Award at Reportage by Getty Images, Canon Young Photographers’ Award, Honorable Mention from the NPPA- Best of photojournalism, finalist for the Burn Emerging Photographer Fund, Marco Bastianelli Prize for the Best First Book and "Vittorio de Seta" prize for the director of the best documentary film at BIF&ST- Bari International Film Festival 2013. In 2018 Bastianelli documented the world’s worst humanitarian disaster caused by the ongoing civil war in Yemen, focusing his attention on the resilience of civilians trapped in a life of violence and disease. His Yemen project appeared in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic Magazine and has been used worldwide by Doctors Without Borders in 2019 for advocacy campaigns to help and protect Yemeni civilians. His documentary film "Yemen Unveiled" was screened during the 2019 Human Rights Film Festival in Berlin, Germany and has been included in the Official Selection of the Health for All Film Festival 2020, organized by the World Health Organization in Geneva. In 2019 he documented various issues affecting the Mexican society between the States of Guerrero, Puebla and Oaxaca for the AVSI Foundation, realizing the documentary film “Fortaleza, México”, screened at the 15th edition of the “Short Mexico” International Film Festival. In 2020, Matteo Bastianelli started documenting the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting quarantine on Rome’s community of homeless, migrants and refugees. After fleeing from areas of conflict, these vulnerable people now face the global pandemic amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment. His project proposal was selected by the National Geographic Society and supported by the Natgeo Society’s Covid-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists.
Top Projects
Yemen project on National Geographic Magazine
- Documentary DP
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
"The World Has Left Yemen to Die", by Nina Strochlic, photographs by Matteo Bastianelli. Exclusive photos give a rare look inside the country, where civil war has trapped civilians in a life of violence and disease.
Borderline guardians on "The Eyes of War"
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Sound Mixer
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Sound Designer
Hundreds of civilians in military clothing blend into the forest of Bulgaria: they are the guardians of the border. Following the barrier of barbed wire and concrete built in 2013, border authorities and Frontex agents, have been flanked by the “Vasil Levski” Bulgarian Military Veterans Union and the “BNO Shipka” Bulgarian National Movement.
Yemen Unveiled - Official Trailer
- Documentary DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Production Company
- Video Editor - Documentary
The conflict between the Houthi Shiite rebels supported by Iran and the Yemeni Sunni government supported by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been going on for almost 4 years, causing the death of 17,000 people. In a nation of nearly 29 million, 22 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. In this context, civilians are enduring an inhuman situation, deliberately targeted by aerial bombardments, missiles, snipers, crossfire, antipersonnel landmines and stray bullets. Yemen's depleted health ministry relies on humanitarian organization to provide medical care, but the country is on the brink of famine. Almost 85,000 children have starved to death so far. A mosaic of stories from the forgotten war in Yemen, seen through the eyes of humanitarian operators and civilians, trapped in a life of violence and disease.
Souls of Syrians
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - News
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
The Syrian war began in 2011 and, in four years, has seen an exodus of more than 3 million refugees. Who doesn't choose the sea-route, like 22-year-old Mohamad Al Masalmeh, with its interminable voyages of hope aboard makeshift vessels, is obliged to knock on Europe's gateway, Bulgaria. After 1 year in the refugee camp, Mohamad escaped and travelled illegally from Bulgaria to Germany.
The Bosnian Identity - Trailer
- Documentary DP
- Sound Mixer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
A journey into the memory of Bosnia. A continuous voyage of self-awareness amidst the horror of the Srebrenica genocide and the memory of an ethnic cleansing that goes beyond time. Where suffering, hope and black humour outline a common Bosnian identity born, or perhaps only survived, from the ashes of the former Yugoslavia.
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Pre-Production
- Production Company
Production Support
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Landscape Photographer
- Portrait Photographer
- Corporate Videographer
- Documentary DP
- Drone Operator
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Reporter / Journalist
Post-Production
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - News
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