Private Project

BIANCA D'AMORE

Bianca d’Amore drives inspiration by a Giorgio Caproni’s poem about a small town in the south of Italy named “Martina Franca”. Bianca maybe is a real woman but we will never know,. She stands like a modern caryatid floating fast from a scene to another. The short movie has no a real plot but it speaks to the public through the power of images in a mysterious way, not trying to lead anywhere but letting the emotions arise from the sounds and scents in a synesthetic experience. A symbolic and sometimes mystic atmosphere. The only thing to do is to follow the thread.

  • Ida Chiatante
    Director
  • Ida Chiatante
    Writer
  • Ida Chiatante
    Producer
  • Marica De Michele
    Cinematographer
  • Ida Chiatante
    Fashion Designer
  • Valentina Perillo
    Key Cast
  • Marica De Michele
    Editor
  • Angelo Losasso
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 11, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ida Chiatante

Ida Chiatante (born in December 13th 1977, Martina Franca, Apulia,) is an Italian art director, designer and artist based in Italy. She is polyedric and eclectic and she goes through different languages. She studied Design at Milan Polytechnic of Milan and graduated in 2003 with Arturo Bevilacqua Bellavitis with specialisation in Fashion and Communication. Then she got a Master in Textile Design from Como Textile School and right now she is attending a Master in Contemporary Photography with Mustafa Sabbagh. After working in fashion system and different companies she builded STUDIO IDAKIA.
Parallel to her career as a designer, Ida Chiatante developed an artistic path her installations have been selected for exhibitions around Italy and appreciated by the art critic Vittorio Sgarbi.
In 2015 Ida Chiatante published a book in limited edition called Sartorie about the art of tailoring, and the editorial has been selected for Si Phest Contest. In 2017 she won the international photography contest "Fashion and costume traditions” held by Allaiance Francaise. In 2018 she has been selected for the international design award “ Compasso d’oro” for Social Design.

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Director Statement

BIANCA D’AMORE is an evocative short movie made out of whispers and magic acts.
It is the first short movie of twenty-one planned, one for each Italian region and all part of a big project called WOVEN CITIES. The aim is to get a dress, a textile artwork, a poem and a short movie for each Italian region in order to reach a whole visual project. It tries to weave society through art, opening heart and imagination. A body of work that talks about “genius loci”, memories and possibilities. The poem “Bianca d’Amore” has been woven by skilled weavers on very traditional loom and then put on a contemporary dress to create a contrast between past and present and maybe future.