NERO ARGENTO

DIRECTED BY FRANCESCO MANZATO

Drama

Italy

20′

2024

SYNOPSYS
LUCAS AND HIS FRIENDS SPEND THEIR DAYS, AS A CREW OF WRITERS, IN A SECRET FOREST ALONG THE RAILWAY. YET, LUCAS SENSES AN UNSETTLING PRESENCE IN THE FOREST. AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER WITH A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE CONFRONTS LUCAS WITH A CATHARTIC MOMENT, TEETERING BETWEEN CONFLICT AND LIBERATION.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY FRANCESCO MANZATO PRODUCED BY FRANCESCO MANZATO LORENZO MARIA CHIERICI JHONI VILCA AND GIORGIO CALOGGERO CINEMATOGRAPHER CALLUM BEGLEY EDITED BY MASSIMO DA RE WITH LUCAS RIVERO FEDERICO ARIENTI LETIZIA MANNELLA AND GIOVANNI ACCORDINO MAKE UP ARTIST GIULIA VISMARA SOUND SILVIA ORENGO

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

39. Settimana Internazionale della Critica
BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE
2024
5. i-Fest
Official Selection
2024
25. Festival del Cinema Europeo
Emidio Greco Prize
2024
17. Festival de Cine Italiano de Madrid
Emidio Greco Prize
2024
8. Beijing International Short Film
Emidio Greco Prize
2024
13. Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024

FRANCESCO MANZATO

BIO

 

SINCE 2020, FRANCESCO MANZATO (B. 1996) HAS DIRECTED TWO DOCUMENTARIES AND FOUR SHORT FILMS, SELECTED AT VARIOUS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS (LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL ECC…). HIS CINEMA HAS STRONG POLITICAL CONNOTATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS THROUGH THE USE OF MULTIPLE MEDIA.
2024
Nero Argento (Drama, 18', IT)
2024
Dream Now Revolution Tomorrow (Drama, 10',IT)
2024
A MISSED CALL (DOC, 10', IT)
2022
Letizia (Drama, 17', IT)
2023
BRUCIA ANCORA DENTRO (Doc, 72', IT)
2020
URAGANO NEGLI OCCHI (DOC, 48', IT)