Review of Onikuma on Film International

David Finkelstein wrote a wonderful and on-point review of Onikuma, which has been published on Film International! You can find the full review here.

The film, with its open-ended, poetic sequences of metaphorical action, presents a field of possible meanings, and each viewer will be able to build their own interpretation from the experience of watching the action. Cecchet has used consummate artistic skill in rendering these actions into a wordless assemblage of images and sounds that have the precise force of myth: the ability to take our primordial fears and transform them into legend.

David Finkelstein

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WWW {the whale who wasn't} at Encounters Film Festival

It’s been a while since I have created a news post for a festival selection - usually I just update the “upcoming screenings” section. However, I think the selection of WWW {the whale who wasn’t} at Encounters Film Festival (Bristol, UK) deserves its own post. I am very excited to announce that the science fiction short will be playing on Thu, Sep 26th, 8:00 PM @ Watershed - Cinema 1 in Bristol, England. Tickets can be ordered here.

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Conference in Bologna - Animated Cinema of Propaganda

Alessia will be one of the guest speakers at a conference organized by the Future Film Festival (Bologna, Italy). On April 25th (Italy’s “Liberation Day”) the Future Film Festival will celebrate freedom of speech and freedom from consensus by bringing attention to the world of propaganda and animation’s role in it. Don’t miss it if you happen to be in Bologna! The event will take place in Via San Vitale, 65 at 6pm on 4/25.

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Honorable Mention Award for il sentire dell'occhio

I just learned that back in November il sentire dell’occhio {The Hearing of the Eye} won a honorary award in the experimental category of the Festival Internacional de Cine Silente, Puebla, Mexico!

Mención Honorífica “En Competencia Por El Reconocimiento Adela Sequeyro Al Mejor Cortometraje Experimental”

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Third year in a row at Torino Film Festival

For the third year in a row the work of Alessia will be featured at the Torino Film Festival. After screening Onikuma in 2016 and il sentire dell’occhio in 2017, WWW {the whale who wasn’t} will be screened at the 36th edition of the festival this November. We are very exctited about this opportunity to premiere in Italy, thank you Torino FF!

Encounters 2018

il sentire dell'occhio {the hearing of the eye} will be screened in Bristol, UK at the end of September together with other Italian short films! Read about the event here.

New selections for Onikuma!

Onikuma will play in several film festivals over the same weekend at the end of August (25-26)! San Diego Underground Film Festival, High Coast Film Festival (Sweden) and Defy Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee will all feature the short experimental narrative as part of their program. Thank you!

il sentire dell'occhio in Czech Republic!

il sentire dell'occhio (The Hearing of the Eye), short live action/stop motion animation experimental documentary hybrid that explores death through a post-humanist lens, will screen next week in Prague (May 16-17) at Zlatý voči 2018 (Zázemí Bartolomĕjská 13, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic)

Nashville Film Festival

The selection of Onikuma for the 49th Nashville Film Festival marks the 15th official selection for the hybrid short film! The short will screen in Nashville May 12-13 in the "A Whole Weird World" section. Info here.

Corti a Palazzo 2018

Onikuma will be screening on March 24 in Verona (Italy) for the fourth edition of "Corti a Palazzo", a showcase of film productions from the Veneto region.