Sogno

Time: 12'
Genre: Drama, Experimental
Year: 2022
Language: ITA, DEU
Subtitles: ENG
Country of Production: Italy
1:33,1 – Color – Stereo

Synopsis

Forced to live among piles of objects, Pietro spends his days locked in a room discerning fragmented images of his childhood memories: a yellow hill, a woman in tears, a disturbing man, and a child.

Credits

  • written and directed by MARTINA MELE
  • a DESTINATION FILMS – APS production
  • cast MATTEO CONTI, ORFEO ORLANDO, CELESTE CESCUTTI, RICCARDO MELANDRI
  • production manager GINEVRA ATTI
  • executive producer MARTINA MELE
  • director of photography ALESSANDRO ROCCA
  • set designer ALICE GIACOPINI
  • costume designer MARTINA MELE
  • make-up artist TOBIAS TRAN
  • continuity clerk ROBERTA PAZI
  • original music by CLAUDE DEBUSSY
  • sound designer MARCO MALAVASI, SONIC DESIGN
  • recordist EDOARDO MELE
  • a SIBERIA DISTRIBUTION

Martina Mele

Martina Mele was born in Ferrara on 7 July 1997. In 2016 she graduated from the Dosso Dossi Art School in Ferrara. In 2019 she graduated in Disciplines of Figurative Arts, Music, Performing Arts and Fashion at the University of Bologna with a thesis on North American Cinema entitled “David Lynch’s cinematographic painting: Eraserhead and the First Short Films”. She has written and directed four shorts including the most recent, “The nightingale on the Sea” (2020), selected at various national and international festivals, awarded at the Caorle Independent Film festival 2020 and at the International Film festival Manhattan 2020. In 2021 she directed the cinematography in the music video “To exist”by the artist and photographer SIERMOND. In the same year she held the role of first assistant director in the short film “Agosto in Pellicola” (2022) by Alessandro Rocca. She is currently in pre-production with her short film “AMNIOS”in collaboration with Diego Loreggian as Creative Producer (RedString) and Paola Piccili ad Executive Producer (First Child Production). Ha scritto e diretto quattro cortometraggi tra cui il più recente, “L’usignolo sul mare” (2020), selezionato a diversi Festival Nazionali e Internazionali, premiato al Caorle Independent Film Festival 2020 e all’International Film Festival Manhattan 2020. Nel 2021 ha diretto la fotografia nel videoclip musicale “To exist” dell’artista e fotografo SIERMOND. Nello stesso anno ha ricoperto il ruolo di aiuto regista nel cortometraggio “Agosto in Pelliccia” (2022) di Alessandro Rocca. Attualmente è in pre-produzione con il suo cortometraggio “AMNIOS”, in collaborazione con Diego Loreggian come Creative Producer (RedSting) e Paola Piccioli come Executive Producer (First Child Producer).