Sunday, giulio tonincelli, moonwalk studio, shortsfit, shortsfit distribution, cortometraggi, cinemaitaliano, africa, film about africa, disability, social stigma, social documentary films
Sunday, giulio tonincelli, moonwalk studio, shortsfit, shortsfit distribution, cortometraggi, cinemaitaliano, africa, film about africa, disability, social stigma, social documentary films
Sunday, giulio tonincelli, moonwalk studio, shortsfit, shortsfit distribution, cortometraggi, cinemaitaliano, africa, film about africa, disability, social stigma, social documentary films
Sunday, giulio tonincelli, moonwalk studio, shortsfit, shortsfit distribution, cortometraggi, cinemaitaliano, africa, film about africa, disability, social stigma, social documentary films
Sunday, giulio tonincelli, moonwalk studio, shortsfit, shortsfit distribution, cortometraggi, cinemaitaliano, africa, film about africa, disability, social stigma, social documentary films

Sunday

ITALY / 15 MIN. / 2025 / DOCUMENTARY / DCP 2K / 1.85:1 / STEREO / COLOR

Shooting location: Uganda |  Languages: Acholi, English | Subtitles: English, Spanish, Italian
Sunday is a 14-year-old girl with cognitive and physical disabilities, living in a rural area of northern Uganda. In a place where disability is seen as a stigma and “mercy killing” still persists, she inhabits a world of her own. Beneath the weight of glances that judge her as strange, uncoordinated, out of time, she does not see it. And she dances.
Sunday è una ragazza di 14 anni con disabilità cognitive e fisiche che vive in una zona rurale del nord Uganda. In un luogo in cui la disabilità è vista come uno stigma e la pratica dell’eutanasia è ancora presente, lei vive in un mondo tutto suo. Porta addosso il peso di sguardi che la giudicano strana, scoordinata, fuori tempo. Ma lei non lo sa, e balla.
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Festivals & Awards

Alice nella Città (Italy, 2025) – WORLD PREMIERE

Press - Interviews & Reviews

Cinemaitaliano.info‘Sunday è un richiamo alla speranza‘.

Framed Magazine – Interview with Giulio Tonincelli.

Taxidrivers.it ‘La resistenza danza con la vita’.

Garda Post – ‘Sunday, un’opera cinematografica e sociale’.

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written and directed by

starring

Sunday Ayoo, Sabina Ayero

produced by

Moonwalk Studio

in collaboration with

MessUp Agency

cinematography by

Vladimir Motroi

color grading

Lorenzo Ameri

sound design

Stefano Greco

editing

Giulio Tonincelli

post-production coordinator

Alessandro Belotti

fixers

Angelo Moro, Walter Otim

music

Judas Rapknowledge Da Akbar

distribution & world sales

Giulio's bio

Giulio Tonincelli is an independent documentary filmmaker, artistically born in 2015. His projects moves through West Asia, Latin America and Africa, shaped by presence, time, and observation. His short films have been selected in over twenty countries, including festivals such as Palm Springs International ShortFest, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Odense International Film Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Lago Film Fest, Ischia IFF and many others.