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About Chameleon

Upon the death of their father Greta and Lucio, who didn't speak to one another in many years, are called back to their childhood home to face the requests of the testament in order to get the inheritance; so they will be forced to reflect on their difficult past and to face a dangerous individual to whom the father held a debt.

  • GUGLIELMO LOLIVA
    Director
  • GUGLIELMO LOLIVA
    Writer
  • GUGLIELMO LOLIVA
    Producer
  • GUGLIELMO LOLIVA
    Key Cast
  • Annalisa Insardà
    Cast
  • Luigi Biava
    Cast
  • Roberto Negri
    Cast
  • Claudio Trionfi
    Cast
  • Lorenzo Zama
    DOP
  • Roberto Scaravilli
    Editor
  • Stefano Angaramo
    Original Soundtrack
  • Filippo Loliva
    Original Soundtrack
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Arri Mini
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • G Local Film Festival
    TORINO
    Italy
  • Chennai International Film Festival
    Chennai
    India
  • Too Short To Wait
    TORINO
    Italy
  • European Film Festival
    Lecce
    Italy
Director Biography - GUGLIELMO LOLIVA

Guglielmo Loliva was born 1996 in Turin, Italy. When he was sixteen he wrote, produced and directed his first short movie “Promettimelo” (Promise me it) that won Unicef award at Sottodiciotto (Undereighteen) Film Festival.
After that he decided to improve screenwriting and directing in “Tracce di Cinema” school based in Rome and study psycology at the University of Turin.
Between 2018 and 2019 he made his third short movie “About Chameleon” that is actually distributed by Lighs On.
Two years ago he went to Lebanon to direct a documentary about Middle Est crisis, syrian refugees and water situation. He made this documentary for an italian association named Co.co.pa.
In the 2019 he won with other two directors the announcement to create short movies for San Paolo bank, Siae and Mibact about the turin churches.
He is actually one of the fundator of the filmmaking collective Optopus Production, based in Turin.
He also worked as 1stAD for short movies and videoclips in Italy, and camera operator for video project in Palestine and Germany.
He worked as Ad-Pa daily in the feature film “King,s Man- The Great Game” by Matthew Vaughn in 2019.
Now he has a bachelor in psycology.
During Covid 19 Lock-Down he attended at the online lessons by CSC professor and 1AD Miguel Lombardi about all the aspects of the pre-production and the assistant director duties and skills.

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Director Statement

The main theme is the constant and inevitable research by people of self forgiveness for their own choices, and of forgiveness by others. I explored the theme showing its most painful and violent consequences. Family is a microcosm that forms the lives of people, but most importantly it shapes their personality. On one hand, we have Greta, that represents the elder successful sibling, the most detached and strong one, in reality we get a portrait of a selfish woman who's scared of the passing of time. On the other hand, there's Lucio, the youngest sibling, who has suffered and bears a grudge too powerful for forgiveness, from which he draws the strength and violence typical of those who feel abandoned. Lastly, we have Chameleon, an out-of-time individual, that schemes a plot so absurd, with almost a tragic ending, to try and uselessly change the past. The story is completely shot in one room, the living room, as if the old home of the now grown Greta and Lucio is not only a prison, but a chance to start their relationship in a new, authentic way.