Three videos went up this week on the Itamde channel, all with a Halloween touch: a forest walk with Cesare, Meïka and Panda, and two Shorts telling the story of La Befana before the legend. Here are my Halloween videos in one place.
A Halloween walk in the forest
The first video takes us into the woods for a Halloween walk, with Cesare, Meïka and Panda.
La Befana before the legend
The other two videos are Shorts, published on 30 October. They form a short film by Itamde Studio that imagines La Befana before she became a legend. We meet a woman who lives apart from the village, knows plants and makes remedies for those who come to her door. The film exists in a French version, “Avant la légende: une histoire oubliée”, and an Italian one, “Prima della leggenda: una storia dimenticata”.
Who is La Befana?
In Italy, La Befana is the old woman who brings gifts and sweets to children on the night of 5 to 6 January, the eve of Epiphany. She is often drawn with a broom and a sack of presents. Stories about her origins vary from region to region, and my short film slips into that gap: it tells what might have come before the legend.
Why a Befana story at Halloween?
I published these Shorts on the eve of Halloween because the two festivals share the same setting: women living at the edge of the woods, plants, doors that people come knocking on. Epiphany is still far away, but folklore can be told all year round.
Where to watch
All three videos are on the Itamde YouTube channel. Tell me in the comments which one you liked best.
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