14° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Italian Competition 1996 - Non Fiction
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS
by Alessandro Amaducci, Nicoletta Polledro
Country: Italy
Year: 1995
Duration: 5'
Two bodies and one poem. The video is a voyage in sight and sound inside of the pulsations of the word made image inside the clash between the celluloid and the video image.
Biography
film director
Alessandro Amaducci
Alessandro Amaducci (Turin, 1967), has graduated with a final essay on videoart. Since 1988 he has been working at Centro Arti Visive Archimede in Turin, giving workshops on video, special courses for elementary and middle schools, video and theatrical activities for handicapped people. At the moment he is teaching video in courses funded by the EU, for the Istituto Europeo di Design and for the DAMS in Turin. Since 1991 he has been working with the Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza, making documentaries on Second World War, on Resistance, on working class' struggles and other themes concerning the activity of the Archivio. Since 1992 he has been organising evenings on Italian and foreign video art. In 1995-96 he has worked with Juvarra Theatre in Turin to put on stage some multimedia shows. Since 1999 he has been working with different musical and theatrical situations.
FILMOGRAFIA
Idrogenesi (cm, 1989), Transit (cm, 1990), Materia grigia (cm, 1990), Odio (cm, 1990), L'urlo (cm, 1991), Fantasmi (cm, 1991), Work in Progress (doc., 1992), Alda Bianco, una staffetta partigiana (doc., 1992), Senz'altro sentire (cm, 1993), Aleph-Taw, memorie dello sterminio (doc., 1993), Voci di donna (cm, 1993), Illuminazioni - Arthur Rimbaud (cm, 1994), Casa matta (cm, 1994), Il giudizio di Norimberga (doc., 1994), Decoder (cm, 1994), Crash (cm, 1994), Cattedrali della memoria (cm, 1995), Acherontia atropos (cm, 1995), Le stagioni della Resistenza (doc., 1995), Dybbuk, memorie dei campi (doc., 1996), Contaminazione (cm, 1996), Tribe (cm, 1996), Spiriti liberi (cm, 1996), Solo per i tuoi occhi (cm, 1996), Il minotauro (cm, 1996), Fools and Dolts (cm, 1997), Alcina (mm, 1997), Antonio Gramsci, gli anni torinesi (doc., 1997), Scarlet Woman (cm, 1998), Baron Samedi (cm, 1998), The Awakening of the Beast (cm, 1998), Night of the Living Death (1998), Immaginare e cooperare (mm, 1999), Spoon River 1 (cm, 1998), MGZ Dance Party (1999), Spoon River 2 (cm, 2000), Il funambolo (cm, 2000), Beat Parade (2000), Spoon River 3 (cm, 2001), Soundscapes (2001), Spalsh! (doc., 2001), Il linguaggio della televisione (doc., 2001), Let the Panic Begin (2001), Yel, la voce della foresta (mm, 2001), Taraf de Haidouks & Sergio Berardo, con immagini e letture di Davide Ferrario (2001), Squarci di buio (2001), Q33NYUSA (2001), Spoon River (2002), Love Song (cm, 2002), Attacco psichico (2002), Solo (2002), Glocal (mm, 2002), Schermi di luce (2002), Che fine ha fatto Baby Love? (2003), Hitler Garden (2003), Corpi elettrici (2003).
Nicoletta Polledro
Nicoletta Polledro (Turin, 1967) has a university degree in Film History and Criticism. She has worked for about four years as a researcher and archivist with the National Film Archive of the Resistance.
Cast
& Credits
Director: Alessandro Amaducci, Nicoletta Polledro.
Plot: Nicoletta Polledro.
Director of photography: Claudia Fornengo.
Editor: Alessandro Amaducci.
Music: Domenico Sciajno.
Production company: Cooperativa 28 dicembre, via Fabro 6, 10121 Torino, tel. +39011535470, fax +39011539274.
Plot: Nicoletta Polledro.
Director of photography: Claudia Fornengo.
Editor: Alessandro Amaducci.
Music: Domenico Sciajno.
Production company: Cooperativa 28 dicembre, via Fabro 6, 10121 Torino, tel. +39011535470, fax +39011539274.
TFF
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