Private Project

How to shoot flowers

During quarantine, the director has been invited to make a film about her lockdown experience.
To face this challenge, she draws images from her memory —and archive—, to remind herself which way to move.

“How to shoot flowers” is a personal essay film where artistic creation and personal expression become the medium to think and process life.

The result is an essay film about filmmaking and life as a creative act.

  • Francesca Svampa
    Director
  • Francesca Svampa
    Writer
  • Francesca Svampa
    Producer
  • Cláudia Baulies
    Original music score
  • Francesca Svampa
    Key Cast
    "as herself"
  • Francesca Svampa
    editor
  • Francesca Svampa
    Photographer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Cómo filmar a las flores
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    essay-film, diary, documentary, first person film
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 53 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • ULTRAcinema
    Morelos
    Mexico
    October 13, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Matiff - Matera Art International Film Festival
    Matera
    Italy
    September 21, 2022
    National
    Critics Award
  • Contra el Silencio Todas las voces
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    November 9, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
    Iver
    United Kingdom
    January 12, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional Cine de América
    Pachuca
    Mexico
    October 10, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Black Cat Award International Film Festival
    La Paz
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of
    November 11, 2022
    Bolivian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • KINÉ - Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes
    Puebla
    Mexico
    January 18, 2022
  • FINDECOIN
    Anzoátegui
    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
    February 22, 2023
  • Puerto Viejo Film Festival
    Puerto Viejo
    Ecuador
    December 19, 2022
  • Pennine Film Festival
    Rossendale
    United Kingdom
    March 30, 2023
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Arturo M. Merelo
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Ship
Director Biography - Francesca Svampa

Francesca is an Italian filmmaker and Visual Artist.
She graduated in MFA specialized in Essay Film from EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión) in Cuba.
She works in analogue and digital films and her production includes documentary, essay, experimental films and video art pieces.
Her work has been selectad in several Film and Art Festivals (Bellaria Film Festival, Alcances, DOC Buenos Aires, Athens International Film + Video, L'Alternativa, among others) around the world.

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