(ANSA) – MILAN, SEPTEMBER 26 – Fears, doubts and difficulties but also hope and light. The short film ‘Luce tra i fragmenti. Il viaggio di Mira, dalla scoperta della malattia alla speranza con Car-T’ (Light between the fragments. Mira’s journey, from the discovery of the disease to hope with Car-T) tells a journey through these emotions, produced by the students of the three-year course in Cinema and Animation at Naba and promoted by Gilead Sciences, with the patronage of Ail-Associazione italiana contro le leukemia-lymphoma e mieloma and the Lampada di Aladino Ets. The short film, presented in Milan, opens to a new narrative on hematological tumors that aims to spread awareness and confidence in the future.
“This exciting short film – explains Carmen Piccolo, Medical Director of Gilead Sciences Italia – highlights how the progress of research allows patients to look to the future with greater hope. Contributing to the creation of this short film and raising public awareness of hematological tumors is of great importance to us”.
The master glassmaker, Mira, together with her daughter Marta faces the diagnosis of blood cancer and the short film tells the story of the ‘patient journey’ of those who undergo Car-T, from diagnosis to treatment and remission. All steps in which there are obstacles, fears, failures, anxiety and uncertainty about the future.
But then comes the light, that is, the turning point, thanks to the innovative therapy: Car-T represents the moment in which hope is rekindled.
“Blood tumors are increasingly curable today thanks to innovative therapies – explains Stefania Bramanti, Head of Cellular Therapy Section IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas -, Car-T represent a real turning point and have radically changed the treatment paradigm. Patients who until recently had no therapeutic options today have hope and a chance of recovery”.
‘Light between the fragments’ aims to give a voice to people affected by these tumors and instill confidence in research and therapies.
The short uses the metaphor of glass to tell about fragility: when you receive a diagnosis something shatters inside, but research brings light and hope. (ANSA).
2024-09-26 18:32:21