Crowdfunding for the second chapter of "I misteri di Ichnos": Ombre nella notte

Previously in the article about "Il volo di Aquilino" we talked about Ignazio Dessì's production company Ju Film and the soft-horror movie "La strega di Belvì" (The witch of Belvì), first of a cycle of stories called "I misteri di Ichnos" (The mysteries of Ichnos). A month ago, Ju Film's YouTube channel released an announcement for the opening of a crowdfunding campaign for the production of the second chapter of the series, "Ombre nella notte" (Shadows in the night).

The cycle of "I misteri di Ichnos" was created to tell Sardinia's myths to the new generations with a modern and captivating approach for the audience. Mentioning the words of the crowdfunding page: 

"The generation working with Ju Film may be the last who had the luck of living the emotion of scary stories right from the voice of their own grandparents. We want those characters and legends to not be lost and instead come back to their main target, children. For this we decided to frame them in a series of episodes that narrate them with a language and media close and captivating to the youngest." 

The crowdfunding will cover the expenses of the technicians and actors working on the pre-production and production phases of the film. As in many crowdfunding projects, the amount donated corresponds to a reward that each time adds up to the previous prizes tied to a smaller donation. It begins with thanking the donors in the credits, it continues with links to watch the first film and a poster, up to a physical copy in USB pen of the first chapter and the chance of being present during the filming of "Ombre nella notte"! The project of the second chapter started two years ago, during which the planning phase ended, and the pre-production phase is still ongoing, hoping to start with the production as soon as possible.

The first chapter, "La strega di Belvì", was released in the movie theaters in 2018, with a good result regarding the audience's opinion. In the film, a group of kids passionate about mysteries and legends investigate the case of Belvì's newborns, all unusually affected by anemia. In the small village the young investigators meet a few characters of ancient legends, among them the witch Sùrbile and the prankster spirit Maschinganna. Furthermore, a tale is mentioned about an ancient curse affecting the last of seven sisters: she will lose her happiness and humanity, bringing concern and discouragement among the inhabitants, until someone would save her and end the spell.

In an interview at ilsarrabus.news, to the question "What message do you want to send to those that will watch the film?" director Matteo Fadda answered: 

"The message is surely to find nourishment in fantasy, imagination and listening to ancient stories. Losing these stories would mean becoming dry and understanding less the world in front of us. Dreaming and being scared listening to an ancient tale or a myth allows us to keep fantasy and imagination alive. With these we can live better. Humankind in any era needs to dream and fantasize, if you can contribute to this, you absolutely need to do it."

I think it's very important to support the local productions, especially if they tell and pass on myths and legends of our popular tradition, so very underutilised. Normally fantasy stories are inspired by Anglo-Saxon or North European folklore, and the inclusion of Sardinian myths bring a breath of fresh air to the genre and introduces them to a new generation! Sardinia has a great amount of myths that could be protagonists of new interesting stories, we already have "S'Ammutadori" and "I misteri di Ichnos", who knows which will be the next legend?