Dystopia
Dystopia is a journey through George Halles' hallucinated unconscious mind populated by tormented memories, fears and drives. So the city in which he lives, Sendai City, is shown to us through an oniric and horrific look, becoming the representation of his mind and unconsciousness.
Voices, memories and images show us the life of George Halles. His traumas bring him to take his life and to be reconfigured in the body of a robot with a positronic brain that still contains memories from his human past. In a narrative loop, George Halles’ nightmares fight with the programming of his brain which follows Asimov’s Three Law of Robotics. The Laws speak to him throughout the movie from the lips of a spectral geisha. In this story, in which we can’t discern dream and reality, violences and crimes remain without an explanation. The only thing left is the geisha’s voice resonating and repeating the obedience to the laws of robotics.
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Marco BolognesiDirectorParallelism, Blue Unnatural, Black Hole
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Marco BolognesiWriter
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Marco BolognesiProducerParallelism, Blue Unnatural
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Riccardo NanniMusichttps://riccardonanni.com/credits/filmography-credits/
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Susanna La Polla De GiovanniFemale Voices
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Fabiola RicciFemale Voices
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Pasquale D’Amico2D Animation and VFX
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Riccardo NanniSound Design
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Lorenzo ConfettaSound Design
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7 Floor S.a.S.Sound Design
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Barbara Di MiccoExecutive Producer
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Giusi SantoroProduction Supervisor
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Raffaello RossiniPreproduction and Development
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Riccardo NanniSound Mixing
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Daniele BagnoliSound Mixing
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Bagnoli BrossSound Mixing
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Monica PiazzaTitles
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Undervilla ProductionsColor Design
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Susanna La Polla De GiovanniKey Cast
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Fabiola RicciKey Cast
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Pasquale D'AmicoVisual Effects
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Pasquale D'AmicoAnimation Department
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Project Title (Original Language):Dystopia
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Short
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Genres:Sci-fi, Experimental, Animation, Horror
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Runtime:21 minutes 1 second
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Completion Date:July 1, 2021
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Italy, United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Trieste Science + Fiction FestivalTrieste
Italy
October 31, 2021
World Premiere -
Ravenna Nightmare Film FestivalRavenna
Italy
November 1, 2021 -
El Grito (International Fantastic & Horror Film Festival)San Cristobal
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
November 26, 2021 -
San Francisco Another Hole In The HeadSan Francisco
United States
December 1, 2021
North America -
Horrorfest InternationalSt. George, Utah
United States
Honorable Mention
Distribution Information
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Bomar StudioDistributorCountry: Italy
Marco Bolognesi is a multidisciplinary artist and a film director of experimental cinema. He won numerous awards for his photographic work and films, including the Artist in Residence Award at the Institute of Italian Culture in London (2002), the Canadian Cinematography Award for the best short (CaCA, 2020), the best short award at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival of Toronto (2020) and Best sci-fi Award at The Indie Short Film Competition (Florida, U.S.A, 2008). He also got presented at the Rome Film Fest and the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. He published Protocollo (Einaudi, 2009), a cyberpunk graphic novel in collaboration with Carlo Lucarelli.
Over the years Bolognesi enjoyed strong curatorial support and exhibited extensively worldwide. He exhibited his photos and installations at the European Photography Festival (Reggio Emilia, 2012), Month of Photography (Vienna, 2012), Fin del Mundo Biennial (Mar del Plata & Valparaíso, 2014), Kunst Meran (2014), Biennial Italy-China (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), International Biennial of Curitiba (2017), MACRO (Rome, 2019).
His works feature in prominent public collections including the Collezione Farnesina and the Oscar Niemeyer Museum.