Now in its third edition, the program that opens the tenth Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival represents a showcase of the titles made by the students of the Master in Fine Arts in Filmmaking of Ca’ Foscari University, ideally positioning itself as a stepping stone to their professional career. One year of work, carried out between March 2019 and February 2020, which involved them in the experimentation of different cinematographic languages: fiction, documentary, experimental films, commercials and music videos. Moreover, for each work the students took turns in different roles and acquired tout court skills in the wide panorama of languages and expressions that cinema allows us to use.
The Snatch
14’14’’, Italy, fiction
Director: Ombre Rosse
Cinematography: Andrea Dazzi, Ciro De Palma, Samuele Dradi, Alessandro Leombruni, Serena Panariti, Filippo Perfetti, Emanuele Raimondi
Production: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele, Glauco Genaro, Ciro De Palma, Alessandro Leombruni, Virginia Lo Vullo, Florinda Orofino, Caterina Rigoni
Continuity: Stefania Cantele, Virginia Lo Vullo, Caterina Rigoni
Sound Department: Mauro Bertolin, Federico Cerin, Franco Conte, Giovanni Ergi, Aymara Limma, Vincenzo Mauro, Ludovico Piccolo, Andrea Strata, Jonel Zanato
Production Design: Glauco Genaro, Florinda Orofino, Francesca Vagrotelli
Costume Design: Virginia Lo Vullo, Caterina Rigoni
Editing: Ciro De Palma, Alessandro Leombruni, Serena Panariti
Editing assistants: Stefania Cantele, Virginia Lo Vullo, Caterina Rigoni
VFX: Ciro De Palma, Alessandro Leombruni, Serena Panariti
Colour Correction: Ciro De Palma
Music by: Davide Niero, Nine Inch Nails, Brad Sucks
Supervisors: Luca Pili
Cast: Paolo Balboni, Lorenzo Cavallon, Davide Della Pasqua, Susanna Giancristofaro, Luca Pili, Piermario Vescovo, Samir Zanchetta
The Snatch is a fictional short tutorial project made by the students of the Master in Fine Arts in Filmamaking. Set in Ca’ Dolfin, the previous college founded by Ca’ Foscari, the three young main characters put in danger their academic career because of a stunt that will trigger the three co-protagonists’ old memories.
Venice Hidden Flame
Italy, documentary
Director: Ombre Rosse
Cinematography: Andrea Dazzi, Ciro De Palma, Samuele Dradi, Alessandro Leombruni, Serena Panariti, Filippo Perfetti, Emanuele Raimondi, Francesca Vagrotelli
Production: Stefania Cantele, Glauco Genaro, Florinda Orofino
Continuity: Virginia Lo Vullo, Florinda Orofino, Caterina Rigoni
Sound Department: Francesca Boi, Aymara Limma, Filippo Perfetti
Editing: Stefania Cantele, Andrea Dazzi, Samuele Dradi, Alessandro Leombruni, Filippo Perfetti, Emanuele Raimondi, Caterina Rigoni
Colour Correction: Ciro De Palma
Music by: Nine Inch Nails
Supervisors: Luca Pili
The Master second collective project, this non-fictional short movie took shape after the students had visited three Venetian craft firms, the Orsoni Furnace, Valese Foundry and Berta Battiloro (gold leaf handcraft). The outcome is a visual tale about the cyclical nature of work, the uniqueness of the materials and, most of all, the fundamental presence of fire, which is – along with the sounds and noises – the movie’s linking thread.
Fondazione Levi
1’25”, Italy
Directors: Francesca Boi, Glauco Genaro, Serena Panariti, Florinda Orofino, Francesca Vagrotelli
Story and Script: Francesca Boi, Glauco Genaro, Serena Panariti, Florinda Orofino, Francesca Vagrotelli
Cinematography: Serena Panariti, Francesca Vagrotelli
Assistenti DOP/AC: Francesca Boi, Glauco Genaro
Production: Florinda Orofino, Serena Panariti
Music by: Francesco Spinacino (adattamento di/adapted by Davide Gazzato)
Cast: Davide Gazzato
Voice Over: Eros Emmanuil Papadakis
Promotional short movie for the Levi Foundation, realised by a group of students. The Foundation is presented through its spaces and activities, focusing on the musical aspect.
En lieu oblique – A video for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
I1’12’, Italy
Director: Andrea Dazzi, Samuele Dradi, Ciro De Palma, Aymara Limma, Filippo Perfetti
Script: Andrea Dazzi, Samuele Dradi, Ciro De Palma, Aymara Limma, Filippo Perfetti
Cinematography: Andrea Dazzi, Samuele Dradi, Ciro De Palma
Script Supervisor: Caterina Rigoni, Filippo Perfetti
Editing: Ciro De Palma, Samuele Dradi, Filippo Perfetti
VFX: Ciro De Palma
Colour Correction: Ciro De Palma
Sound Composing: Andrea Caldera
Sound Design: Andrea Romani
As in the homonymous painting by Yves Tanguy, details take the viewer through an oblique, ambiguous place: not recognizable, but at the same time not indistinct The possibility of awakening the audience’s most responsive feeling to beauty, and at the same time making it impossible for the viewer to set the place in a specific time or space are the tools used to push the public to approach and enjoy the work in full. The place is the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, which asked to collaborate with the Master students to realize a short movie intended to reveal its qualities through its most fascinating yet unknown aspects.
Music video
The students, divided into two groups, realised the music videos of two extremely different songs. The work was done in complete autonomy, from location scouting to postproduction.
The Doves
3’30’’, Italy
Directors: Andrea Dazi, Glauco Genaro, Samuele Dradi, Florinda Orofino, Serena Panariti, Emanuele Raimondi, Caterina Rigoni, Francesca Vagrotelli
Story and Script: Andrea Dazi, Glauco Genaro, Samuele Dradi, Florinda Orofino, Serena Panariti, Emanuele Raimondi, Caterina Rigoni, Francesca Vagrotelli
Cinematography: Andrea Dazi, Samuele Dradi, Serena Panariti, Emanuele Raimondi.
Assistenti DOP/AC: Glauco Genaro, Francesca Vagrotelli
Continuity: Florinda Orofino, Caterina Rigoni
Production: Serena Panariti, Francesca Vagrotelli
Location Management: Glauco Genaro, Caterina Rigoni
Light Design: Emanuele Raimondi
Editing: Serena Panariti
VFX: Glauco Genaro
Music by: Giudi e Quani – Giuditta Cestari (batteria e voce), Francesco Quanilli (chitarra e voce)
Cast: Giuditta Cestari, Francesco Quanili
Videoclip of The Doves by Giudi e Quani, a band from Verona, Italy. The characters try to get away from the incomprehension that surrounds them, saved by their “magic” gloves.
Ipocondriaca semplice
3’54’’, Italy
Directors: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele, Ciro De Palma Alessandro Leombruni, Filippo Perfetti, Virginia Lo Vullo
Story and Script: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele, Ciro De Palma, Alessandro Leombruni, Filippo Perfetti, Virginia Lo Vullo
Cinematography: Alessandro Leombruni, Ciro De Palma, Filippo Perfetti
Production: Stefania Cantele
Continuity: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele, Virginia Lo Vullo, Caterina Rigoni
Editing: Ciro De Palma, Alessandro Leombruni, Virginia Lo Vullo
Editing assistant: Stefania Cantele, Filippo Perfetti
VFX: Ciro De Palma, Alessandro Leombruni, Virginia Lo Vullo
Colour Correction: Ciro De Palma
Music by: Giorgia Vianello
Assistenti DOP/AC: Stefania Cantele, Francesca Boi
Cast: Giorgia Vianello
Music video of Ipocondriaca semplice (Simply Hypochondriac) by the Venetian singer Giorgia Vianello. The young woman tells about her recovery through a vertical path that will lead her to see life in colour again.
Commercial ads for NH Rio Novo Hotel
Commercial short movies for the NH brand. The three videos made by the Master students present the Venice NH Rio Novo Hotel, focusing in particular on its close bonds with cinema.
NH-Your colour experience
1’51”, Italy
Directors: Glauco Genaro, Ciro De Palma, Florinda Orofino, Emanuele Raimondi, Francesca Vagrotelli
Story and Script: Glauco Genaro, Ciro De Palma, Florinda Orofino, Emanuele Raimondi, Francesca Vagrotelli
Cinematography: Ciro De Palma, Emanuele Raimondi
Assistenti DOP/AC: Glauco Genaro, Francesca Vagrotelli
Production: Florinda Orofino, Emanuele Raimondi
Music by: Jazz Club by Kriss
Cast: Mariaclaudia Gurgone, Jacopo Renzi; lo Staff dell’Hotel Rio Novo
A young man’s stay at the Venice NH Rio Novo Hotel seems to turn into a cinematographic experience.
NH-Your experience with us is like a movie
1’46”, Italy
Directors: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele, Samuele Dradi, Aymara Limma, Virginia Lo Vullo
Story and Script: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele, Samuele Dradi, Aymara Limma, Virginia Lo Vullo
Cinematography: Samuele Dradi
Assistenti DOP/AC: Stefania Cantele, Francesca Boi, Aymara Limma, Virginia Lo Vullo
Production: Francesca Boi, Stefania Cantele
Music: Francesca Boi, Samuele Dradi
Cast: Corinna Boato, Samir Zanchetta; lo Staff dell’Hotel Rio Novo
A young couple arrives in Venice goes to the NH Rio Novo Hotel and enjoys the peculiarity of it being a cinema-themed hotel.
Always NH – One Venezia Rio Novo
1’39’’, Italy
Directors: Andrea Dazzi, Alessandro Leombruni, Serena Panariti, Filippo Perfetti, Caterina Rigoni
Story and Script: Andrea Dazzi, Alessandro Leombruni, Serena Panariti, Filippo Perfetti, Caterina Rigoni
Cinematography: Andrea Dazzi, Alessandro Leombruni, Filippo Perfetti
Production: Filippo Perfetti, Caterina Rigoni
Editing: Andrea Dazzi, Serena Panariti
Colour Correction:
Cast: Francesca Caleffi, Tania Carraro, Christian Siciliano, Chiara Zen; lo Staff dell’Hotel Rio Novo
This commercial ad tells three stories through which the viewer can learn about the peculiar characteristics of the Rio Novo Hotel, highlighting the NH quality and emphasizing it cinematographic peculiarity .
Experimental films
The Master students supported two video-artists in their projects, learning about the ideation, development and making of short movies.
THE PARTY WALL
Italy
Director: Corinne Mazzoli
Cinematography: Andrea Dazzi
Continuity: Stefania Cantele, Filippo Perfetti, Caterina Rigoni
Sound Department: Filippo Perfetti
Editing: Corinne Mazzoli
Cast: Mario Ciaramitaro, Maria Ida Bernabei, Francesca Boi, Giacomo Briano, Francesca Caleffi, Stefania Cantele, Maria Elena Fantoni, Glauco Genaro, Damian Laing, Corinne Mazzoli, Filippo Perfetti, Caterina Rigoni, Eduardo Fernando Varela, Achille Zoni
The Party Wall is a fence which can adapt to any type of environment, it is fluid, made of people disguised as bushes that, in case of need, create barriers to protect you from thieves, lovers, troublemakers and dangers of any kind. The Party Wall video was ironically created in response to the global phenomenon of “urban fencification”, meaning the act of providing security to an environment by fencing it. The video is a support to the performance The Party Wall conceived in Brazil in 2018 and presented in Palermo, Sigonella, Venice, Rome, Turin.
T 00.52.25
0’52”, Italy
Director: Elisabetta Di Sopra
Cinematography: Igor Imhoff
Assistente DOP/AC: Ciro De Palma, Samuele Dradi, Serena Panariti
Continuity: Stefania Cantele, Virginia Lo Vullo, Caterina Rigoni
Editing: Filippo Perfetti, Caterina Rigoni
VFX: Ciro De Palma
Colour Correction: Ciro De Palma
Cast: Silvia Garbuggio, Michela Nardin, Fiorenza Sartori
The metamorphosis of a woman, the constriction of a self-imposed happiness. A meditation on contemporary self-representation.
Acknowledgment:
Ai Ragusei, Fabrizio Antonetti e Fabio Ruffato, Fabio Calliari (Auditorium Santa Margherita), Alexia Boro e Maria Rita Cerilli (Peggy Guggenheim Collection), Magnifico Rettore Michele Bugliesi, Roberto Calabretto, Ilaria Campanella e Fabio Naccari (Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi), Marco Cosmo (Alumni), Renato Dalla Venezia (Ufficio Eventi Ca’ Foscari), Fonderia Valese, Fornace Orsoni, Prof.ssa Martina Frank, Veronica Giove, Daniela Grandin (Biblioteca BAUM), Igor Imhoff, Laboratorio Berta Battiloro, Stefano Mondini (Fondazione Forte Marghera), Enzo Monteleone, Ursula Morante (VeniceEat), Davide Niero, Nine Inch Nails, North Waves Studio, Tristana Perfetti (Ufficio Post Lauream Ca’ Foscari), il personale delle portinerie di Ca’ Dolfin e Malcanton-Marcorà, Consuelo Puricelli (Fondazione Ca’ Foscari), Lucio Scarpa e Angelo Russo (Cinema Rental by Kublai), Christian Sottana e Alessandra Previtali (Venice Heritage Tower), Tappezzeria Stefani in Campo San Pantalon, Brad Sucks, Davide Tiso (Conservatorio di musica Arrigo Pedrollo di Vicenza), Fabio Ubiale, Christian Locatelli, Noemi Fulli e tutto lo staff dell’Hotel NH Rio Novo, Donatella Ventimiglia e Cristiano Colleoni (Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta)
Daniil Bersenev, Nabia Bonaparte, Giulia Bortolatto, Flavio Brunelli, Annachiara Burattin, Francesca Caleffi, Anna Ceschin, Haruna Chatani, Martina Ciampi, Sara Cinquetti, Asia Comin, Federica D’Alessandro, Alice Fusaro, Michela Geron, Genny Goroni, Alexandra Iamandi, Giulia Lazzarelli, Gloria Leandro, Rebecca Legnaro, Angelica Maino, Marco Montemezzo, Luca Morciano, Noemi Muttin, Daniel Nordio, Irem Onder, Giovanni Pedrini, Bernadette Piccolo, Roberta Piscitelli, Analaura Ransdale Jacopo Renzi, Gian Marco Romagnoli, Sara Sartori, Anna Sporzon, Chiara Tentori, Camilla Tobio, Sara Verteramo, Maria Teresa Viel, Chiara Zen
