Country: Italy, USA
Year: 2016
Duration: 12'
Onikuma is a yokai, a mythological Japanese demon that looks like a bear and hunts horses. Two women embark on a journey in unfamiliar territories that will bring them to understand how demons can appear in many different guises. [cg]
Biography
film director
Alessia Cecchet
(Feltre, Belluno, Italy) graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in film studies. She completed her practical training in filmmaking at Syracuse University, New York, USA. She is pursued a PhD at the University of California Santa Cruz and her thesis Salvate il soldato Donald. Cinema di animazione di propaganda americana durante il secondo conflitto mondiale has won the Franco La Polla Prize at the 2013 Future Film Festival. With her shorts Onikuma (2016), Il sentire dell’occhio (2017) e WWW (the whale who wasn’t) (2018) partecipate at Italiana.Corti competition at Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Psycho-Drama (cm, 2014), Cold Fish (cm, 2015), Onikuma (cm, 2016), Il sentire dell’occhio (cm, 2017), WWW (the whale who wasn’t) (cm, 2018), Big(foot) Love (cm, 2019), Balaena (cm, 2022).
Declaration
film director
“For me cinema is empathy. I try to connect with the audience through my films, exploring gaps, uncertainties, and undefined spaces that need to be filled with memories, values, and personal experiences. By calling into question the perspective inscribing its stories on the fabric of the film, I open my work to multiple interpretations, so that viewers may find their own individual meaning in it. I feel I’ve achieved my purpose when I create a ‘user’ rather than just a spectator.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, fotografia, montaggio, animazione/director, cinematography, film editing, animation
Alessia Cecchet
costumi/costume design
Paul Capotosto
suono/sound
Nigel Li
interpreti/cast
Sandy Siquier, Sarineh Garapetian, Jacob Riddle
produttore/producer
Carlton Daniel jr
contatti/contacts
Alessia Cecchet
filmandfibers@gmail.com
www.alessiacecchet.com
Alessia Cecchet
costumi/costume design
Paul Capotosto
suono/sound
Nigel Li
interpreti/cast
Sandy Siquier, Sarineh Garapetian, Jacob Riddle
produttore/producer
Carlton Daniel jr
contatti/contacts
Alessia Cecchet
filmandfibers@gmail.com
www.alessiacecchet.com
