Profumo di latte, di musica e parole wins IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award

The IFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries is pleased announced the winner of the IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award:

Profumo di latte, di musica e parole
by Biblioteca Casa dei Bimbi, Sistema Biblioteche Centri Culturali / Roma Capitale (Italy)
[YouTube link]

The film is an interview with a pregnant woman, who shows the tactile book she made - in the library - for the baby she was expecting. Page after page, she describes the fabrics she used or re-used, how she learnt to sew and embroider, the personal references and meanings of the images she picked. The library is a place of learning and comfort during a delicate time in the life of a woman.

The contest A Corto di Libri received 31 submissions from Europe, North / South America and Australia. Among those, 17 films were selected because of their focus on a public library in the context of a metropolitan area. They also had to be in English language or provide English subtitles. During the IFLA MetLib Conference in Montréal on May 4, these 17 short films were projected and voted by 37 librarians. Two “VIP” votes were added by the Chairs of the Standing Committees of the Section on Public Libraries (Marian Morgan Bindon) and the Section on Audiovisual and multimedia (Michael J. Miller).

tFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries thanks Nathalie Martin (Bibliothèques de Montréal) and the technical staff of BANQ (Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec) for their collaboration.