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
World Premiere
2024

FRANCESCO MANZATO

BIO

 

SINCE 2020, FRANCESCO MANZATO (B. 1996) HAS DIRECTED TWO DOCUMENTARIES AND FOUR SHORT FILMS, SELECTED AT VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS. 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)