Giuseppina

For the given name, see Giuseppina (given name).

Giuseppina is a 1960 short British documentary film produced by James Hill.^[1] It was filmed in 1959, in Mandriole, Emilia-Romagna, near Ravenna in the north east of Italy. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).^[2][3] Production of the film was sponsored by the British Petroleum company (BP), which also distributed the film.^[4] The BP webpage summarizes the film as, "set at an Italian petrol station where various characters pass through on their onward journey, while entertaining and playing with the attendant's daughter, Giuseppina."

Giuseppina
Opening titles
Directed by	James Hill
Written by	James Hill
Produced by	James Hill Massimo Saraceni
Starring	Antonia Scalari Giulio Marchetti
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Vivienne Collins
Music by	Jack Beaver Ray Beaver
Production company	Schoenfeld Films
Distributed by	British Petroleum
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	28 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Italy
Language	Italian

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Giuseppina was broadcast 185 times on British television as a trade test colour film.^[5] Excerpts were also shown on Vision On, the BBC programme for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. It was released as an extra on the BFI Flipside DVD release of "Lunch Hour".

Cast

• Antonia Scalari as Giuseppina
• Giulio Marchetti as Rossi