After the emotions of Venice and its release in Italian cinemas, Rukeli continues to spark conversation.

In an interview titled “Rukeli, Resistance Becomes Animation: A Conversation with Alessandro Rak”, published on ComingSoon.it by Mauro Donzelli, director Alessandro Rak recounts how the short film was born. The project has its roots in Scampia, in the workshops promoted by the association Chi rom e chi no together with the students of the ITIS Galileo Ferraris.

What began as a school workshop became much more: a collective work that, through the images, voices, and ideas of the young participants, took shape as an animated short capable of moving audiences at La Biennale di Venezia and later reaching Italian cinemas.

At its heart lies the powerful story of Johann Wilhelm Trollmann, known as Rukeli, the Sinti boxer who knocked out Nazism and who remains today a symbol of resistance, identity, and dignity.

For us at AntropicA, celebrating this interview means remembering that memory does not belong solely to the past, but is alive when it becomes shared experience and transforms into a universal narrative.

Read the full interview on Coming Soon.

Produced by AntropicA, in co-production with Sideways Studios and Film i Väst, in association with Mad Entertainment and in collaboration with Rai Cinema, and born from an idea by Chi rom e chi no, Rukeli was presented at La Biennale di Venezia in the Orizzonti Corti – Fuori Concorso section.