12° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
A Year of Italian Short Films Competition 1994
Tian
by Stefano Milla
Country: Italy
Year: 1994
Duration: 5'
"Tian is a Chinese ideogram that can mean either sky or nature in the broad sense of the term, i.e. the entire universe. This short film originates in this existence of a term that makes the sky and nature synonyms. This concept is almost foreign to the Western mentality that is aimed at more and more frenetic and self-enclosed actions. By now to pause in contemplation is impossible and almost inconvenient. This is a civilization that is directed downwards. However, man basically keeps on moving between heaven and earth (Tian and Ti) and takes part in both, even if he keeps on pretending not to notice, staying with his 'feet on the ground' when it would be useful for him to understand that he also has his 'head in the clouds'. In medical terms one can say that while the operation - which we call progress, - was a success, the patient, Man, died." (Stefano Milla).
Biography
film director
Stefano Milla
Stefano Milla (Turin, 1968) made his first short film to be entered in festival competition in 1985. He then took part in several independent productions as an actor. In addition to acting, he has participated regularly in various video and film exhibitions, entering his own self-produced work since 1988. In 1992 one of his feature films began to be distributed in home video form. He chose to devote himself celluloid film and, in 1993, won the first prize in the Italian Space competition at the Turin Film Festival. In 1994 he wrote and directed a television program for a local station. In 1995 he received the jury's special mention at the Preview of Independent Cinema of Bellaria.
FILMOGRAFIA
Il vero nome (video, 1985), La sfera di cristallo (video, 1987), Telecasa (video, 1988), Regulus (video. 1988), Armaghedon (video, 1991), Devil (video, 1991), Sono già morti (video, 1992), Tinderbox (video, 1992), Tian (16mm, 1993), Mutazioni (16mm, 1994), Lao (1995).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Stefano Milla.
Director of photography: Angelo Candiano.
Editor: Massimo Givonetti.
Music: Angelo Comino.
Cast: Alberto Gazzari, Martina Drappo, Angelo Comino, Nicola Tatoni.
Production company: Stefano Milla.
Director of photography: Angelo Candiano.
Editor: Massimo Givonetti.
Music: Angelo Comino.
Cast: Alberto Gazzari, Martina Drappo, Angelo Comino, Nicola Tatoni.
Production company: Stefano Milla.
