Private Project

High Pressure

Mattia and Stefania are a couple living in Milan, Italy. Their lives have been drastically stopped by the Covid-19 Pandemic. When Mattia suddenly discovers to have an issue with high pressure, things start getting even worse. An overview of the pandemic crisis in the Lombardy region from the perspective of a young couple and a hymn to hope.

  • Mattia Mura
    Director
    Drew Nikonowicz - Notes from Anywhere, The Choice of Staying
  • Pat McGowan
    Producer
  • Mattia Mura
    Key Cast
  • Stefania Cignoli
    Key Cast
  • Alicia Caprini
    Key Cast
  • Simone Fiorentino
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Drama
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 22, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy, Spain
  • Language:
    English, Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Small Axe - CO-VID Film Awards
    Tolpuddle, Dorset
    United Kingdom
    July 17, 2020
    Uk Premiere
    Semifinalist
  • Jharkhand International Film Festival & Awards
    Ranchi
    India
    October 9, 2020
    Indian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • HECFF (Human-Environment Care Film Festival)
    Pickering
    Canada
    November 8, 2020
    Canadian Premiere
    Finalist
  • 3rd Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival
    Fukuoka City, Japan
    Japan
    January 8, 2021
    Japan Premiere
    Honorable Mention
Director Biography - Mattia Mura

Mattia Mura was born in Cecina, Tuscany, in 1992.

He began his artistic career at a very young age as a writer. His fantasy novel, "Liberando Lastlend", was written when he was only 13 years old.

From 2009 to 2013 he is the screenwriter, director and editor of every production (short movies and documentaries) made by Helix Pictures, an indipendent production which promotes Tuscany through video and storytelling.

In 2014 he graduated with 110 cum laude at the University La Sapienza of Rome. In 2015 he was awarded a scholarship and residency at Fabrica Research Centre. During the 3 years he spent there, he filmed the protests in Macedonia during the Colorful Revolution, the art of the american photographer Drew Nikonowicz and he started the project about the spiritual community of Damanhur. Since 2019 he is now a freelance documentary filmmaker based in Milan, Italy.

His works mainly focus on the limits (of life, of perception, of art, of geography...).

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