Giuseppina

{{Short description|1960 British short film by James Hill}}

{{for|the given name|Giuseppina (given name)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Giuseppina

| image = Giuseppina_film_Opening_titles_(1960).png

| caption = Opening titles

| director = James Hill

| producer = {{plainlist|

• James Hill
• Massimo Saraceni}}

| writer = James Hill

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Antonia Scalari
• Giulio Marchetti}}

| music = {{plainlist|

• Jack Beaver
• Ray Beaver}}

| cinematography = Václav Vích

| editing = Vivienne Collins

| studio = Schoenfeld Films

| distributor = British Petroleum

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1960}}

| runtime = 28 minutes

| country = United Kingdom
Italy

| language = Italian

}}

Giuseppina is a 1960 short British documentary film produced by James Hill.{{Cite web |title=Giuseppina |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150028550 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} 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).{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/151737/Giuseppina/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520033829/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/151737/Giuseppina/details |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2011 |title=New York Times: Giuseppina |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961 |title=The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners |access-date=26 May 2019 |work=oscars.org}} Production of the film was sponsored by the British Petroleum company (BP), which also distributed the film.{{cite web |title=Giuseppina (1959) |url=http://www.bpvideolibrary.com/tape_details.asp?id=30499&page=1&p_desc=Giuseppina&and_or=AND&sio=true&sort_by=desc&sd=ASC&st= |work=BP Video Library |access-date=18 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090317/http://www.bpvideolibrary.com/tape_details.asp?id=30499&page=1&p_desc=Giuseppina&and_or=AND&sio=true&sort_by=desc&sd=ASC&st= |archive-date=8 July 2011}} 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."

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Giuseppina was broadcast 185 times on British television as a trade test colour film.Keys, Andrew (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080905125300/http://www.testcardcircle.org.uk/ttcfstatistics.html "The Statistician's Guide to Trade Test Colour Films"], webpage of the "Test Card Circle" website archived at WebCite from [http://www.testcardcircle.org.uk/ttcfstatistics.html this original URL] 18 June 2008. 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".