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SHORT FILMS 

KNOTS

Straight 8 shortfilm

A Philosophical short film that tells the story of humanity in his double chance to keep and accumulate things or to free itself and give, seed, multiply.

The man dies and rebirths in a perpetual motion of chances to be. The short was shot  of the straight 8 film competition and selected for the straight 8 art section and internationally premiered at Slamdance .

Production / L'uomo metafisico & Miracles Pictures
Producer / Director / Composer / Matteo Pizzarello
Cast / Francesco Maiorca
Festivals / Slamdance 2008 / Engine collision film fest 2009
Format / Mini Dv  Year / 2007
Dur / 3 min20 sec 

MATERIA E VISIONE

Award winning experimental making of " the Wedding Director" By italian maestro Marco Bellocchio

This piece was shot on set for more then a month and included more then 130 hours of footage that became 13min of pure beauty. The experimental making of was shot partally being inside the movei as Matteo as ssen in the first scene of the film was also part of the actual movie. The experimental style creates more then a doc a quite unique authorial piece as defined by the italian master Mario Monicelli at the time of the award cerimony . It includes scenes that weren't edited into the final cut and it moves beyond the documentation and becomes a film inside a film.  Matteo produced, directed, shot and edited the film.

the experience of seeing at work one fo the most well known italian directors, has given to matteo a few more directing weapons to use in his brilliant career.

Production / Rai Cinema / Digital Desk
Producer/ Director /  Matteo Pizzarello, Alessandro Valori
Cinematography / Editing /  Matteo Pizzarello
Festivals / winner www.dietrolequinte.it
Format / Mini Dv 2005
Dur / 13 min 03 sec 2005

DEVOZIONE ( DEVOTION )

Experimental Short film

 

The short is an experimental journey and philosophical reflection about the devotion to images troughout history. From sacred icons to advertising images in the post modern era.The film is an hallucinated stream of sounds and images and metaphorical compositions that evoke the modern life experience of being constantly under the possibility of an interruption. A film about the multiple facets of devotion. The short was selected and premiered at the Bellaria Film festival 2000 . The organizer and worldly famous film critic Enrico Ghezzi specifically asked to have the film playing in his festival.

 

Production / Dustyframes
Prod. Director / Editor/ Composer /  Matteo Pizzarello
Co Director / Nicolantonio Mucciaccia
Festivals / Bellaria Anteprima anno zero 1999
Format / Mini Dv
Dur / 18 min20 sec 1999

THE MIRACLE EGG

Experimental shortfilm

The short is an experimetnal story of miracles . A scientist is trying to find the solution to the evil of humanity.

The short was selected and premiered at the Bellaria Film festival 2000 . The organizer and worldly famous film critic Enrico Ghezzi specifically asked to have the film playing in his festival. Matteo plays here the role of the scientist in one of his few appearances in front of the camera rather then behind. The film explore an experimetnal narrative language based on images rather then dialogue.

Production / Dustyframes /
Director/ Matteo Pizzarello 
Editor/ Matteo Pizzarello
Composer / Matteo Pizzarello /
Producer / Matteo Pizzarello
Editor/ Matteo Pizzarello

"THE " SUSPECT

Experimental shortfilm

This storyt has been inspired by the true story of a thief who only liked to steal quality images. The short was selected and premiered at the Tokio italian film festival 2005.

Production / Dustyframes /
Director/ Matteo Pizzarello 
Editor/ Matteo Pizzarello
Festivals / Tokioa Italian film Festival2005 / Bellaria 2005
Format / Mini Dv
Dur / 3 min20 sec 2004

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