Alessia will be one of the guest speakers at a conference organized by the Future Film Festival (Bologna, Italy). On April 25th (Italy’s “Liberation Day”) the Future Film Festival will celebrate freedom of speech and freedom from consensus by bringing attention to the world of propaganda and animation’s role in it. Don’t miss it if you happen to be in Bologna! The event will take place in Via San Vitale, 65 at 6pm on 4/25.
Honorable Mention Award for il sentire dell'occhio
I just learned that back in November il sentire dell’occhio {The Hearing of the Eye} won a honorary award in the experimental category of the Festival Internacional de Cine Silente, Puebla, Mexico!
Mención Honorífica “En Competencia Por El Reconocimiento Adela Sequeyro Al Mejor Cortometraje Experimental”
Third year in a row at Torino Film Festival
For the third year in a row the work of Alessia will be featured at the Torino Film Festival. After screening Onikuma in 2016 and il sentire dell’occhio in 2017, WWW {the whale who wasn’t} will be screened at the 36th edition of the festival this November. We are very exctited about this opportunity to premiere in Italy, thank you Torino FF!
Encounters 2018
il sentire dell'occhio {the hearing of the eye} will be screened in Bristol, UK at the end of September together with other Italian short films! Read about the event here.
First selection for WWW {the whale who wasn't}
The found footage + animation short film will play at the Unseen Film Festival at Counterpath Gallery in Denver, Colorado on September 17, 2018
New selections for Onikuma!
Onikuma will play in several film festivals over the same weekend at the end of August (25-26)! San Diego Underground Film Festival, High Coast Film Festival (Sweden) and Defy Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee will all feature the short experimental narrative as part of their program. Thank you!
Onikuma in San Diego
"Il sentire dell'occhio" at Lago Film Festival
Fifth Official Selection for il sentire dell'occhio {The Hearing of the Eye}. The experimental film will screen in July at the Lago Film Festival in Revine Lago (TV) Italy. This is the second year in a row that my work gets selected there! Last year Onikuma played in the National Competition!
Onikuma in Dallas!
Onikuma will be screening in Dallas, TX as part of the 7th edition of the Oak Cliff Film Festival! Don't miss it in the Cinema 16 program playing on Saturday June 16 @5pm @Sibil!
il sentire dell'occhio in Czech Republic!
il sentire dell'occhio (The Hearing of the Eye), short live action/stop motion animation experimental documentary hybrid that explores death through a post-humanist lens, will screen next week in Prague (May 16-17) at Zlatý voči 2018 (Zázemí Bartolomĕjská 13, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic)
A Women's Thing Magazine writes about Onikuma!
Don't miss the article on Alessia and her film practice! The article can be read here.
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Onikuma will screen here in California! Come see it at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, a beautiful location nested in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Nashville Film Festival
The selection of Onikuma for the 49th Nashville Film Festival marks the 15th official selection for the hybrid short film! The short will screen in Nashville May 12-13 in the "A Whole Weird World" section. Info here.
Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce - Premio Greco
I am glad to announce that il sentire dell'occhio is one of the 10 italian short films selected to participate in the competition for the Emidio Greco prize at the 19th Festival del Cinema Europe of Lecce, Italy.
Corti a Palazzo 2018
Onikuma will be screening on March 24 in Verona (Italy) for the fourth edition of "Corti a Palazzo", a showcase of film productions from the Veneto region.
New Official Selection for Onikuma!
After Slamdance 2018, a new selection for Onikuma!
Onikuma is the only Italian film playing at Slamdance 2018!
The Italian cinema website cinemaitaliano.info announces that Onikuma is the only Italian film selected at Slamdance 2018
Slamdance 2018
Onikuma will be playing in Park City, UT during Slamdance Film Festival 2018! Find here the screening times and the link to get tickets!
Torino Film Festival
I am super happy to announce that, for the second year in a row, my work has been selected to be part of the Torino Film Festival (Italy). Last year Onikuma qualified to be part of the short section (Italiana.corti) while this year my new experimental piece il sentire dell'occhio {the hearing of the eye} qualified. Looking forward to present my film in Torino on November 30.
The screenings will take place at Cinema Massimo in via Verdi 18, Torino on:
Nov 30 @ 7pm
Dec 1 @ 9.30am
Dec 2 @ 10pm
34 Tehran International Short Film Festival
I am very happy to announce that Onikuma will be competing in the Experimental Film section at the 34th Tehran International Short Film Festival!
