Private Project

The Room (La Stanza)

There are legends about a mysterious place, where everything men lost seems to lie: The Room. After an endless research, Doc the alchemist, driven by obscure purposes, finds the entrance to this mythical place. Little BIBUP accompanies him, a curious and clumsy robot very close to its creator. Together they will try to enter The Room and unveil its secrets; danger, though, is around the corner, especially for the ones who might already have fallen into the invisible tricks and traps of The Room.

  • Michele Assante
    Director
  • Michele Assante
    Writer
  • Michele Assante
    Producer
  • Michele Assante
    Key Cast
  • Kevin MacLeod
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 10, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    45 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English, Other
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Internazionale del Cinema Povero
    Ispra
    July 17, 2015
    Special Jury Prize- 2015
  • Festival Cinema Zero
    Trento
    Italy
    November 20, 2015
  • Poverarte Festival
    Bologna
    Italy
    March 14, 2016
Director Biography - Michele Assante

Born in Benevento in 1992, he focused on classical studies in high school and played oboe at Conservatory. He took part in two editions of Giffoni Film Festival (2010 and 2011) as a member of the jury. He graduated from the Faculty of Classics at the University of Naples Federico II with a Bachelor's degree in 2014 and he is currently studying for his Master's degree in Classical Philology, Literature and Culture. He reviews movies for the online magazine FuoriPosto (www.fuoriposto.com/site), for which he was awarded "Best FuoriPosto author" in 2014. He is part of the staff of the institutional radio of Federico II University, Radio F2 Lab, as a speaker, sound technician and format designer. In 2015 he won the Jury's Special Award at the "Cinema Povero" International Festival with the short film "La Stanza" ("The Room"). In 2017 he won the "Best Radio Format Award" at the national "Festival delle Radio Universitarie" as author of "C'era una volta il cinema", radio show focused on cinema.

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