Lost Images
This film is about a life left behind in a distant land, about a final departure, memory and loss, love and dead birds, visions and blindness.
A visual poem also inspired by a drawing by Egon Schiele.
-
Cesare BedogneDirector
-
Maria FrepoliKey Cast
-
Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short
-
Runtime:35 minutes 33 seconds
-
Completion Date:June 2, 2022
-
Country of Origin:Italy
-
Country of Filming:Greece, Italy, Portugal
-
Shooting Format:Digital
-
Aspect Ratio:16:9
-
Film Color:Black & White and Color
-
First-time Filmmaker:No
-
Student Project:No
-
27th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film FestivalProvidence
United States
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
8th Cinemistica International Film FestivalGranada
Spain
November 17, 2022
Spanish Premiere
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY -
4th Fotogenia, International Film Poetry and Divergent Narratives FestivalMexico City
Mexico
November 28, 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
3rd London Rocks IFFLondon
United Kingdom
UK Premiere
HONOURABLE MENTION OF THE JURY -
8th Shanghai Short Film FestivalShanghai
China
BEST EDITING - GOLDEN DRAGON AWARD -
76th FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA DI SALERNOSalerno
Italy
November 30, 2022
Italian Premiere
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
16th Prvi Kadar/First Frame International Film FestivalSarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Art BlocksCopenhagen
Denmark
BEST EXPERIMENTAL WORK -
European Cinematography AwardsAmsterdam
Netherlands
FINALIST -
Berlin AwardsBerlin
Germany
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Rome Prisma Film AwardsRome
Italy
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM/BEST EDITING (December 2022) -
Amsterdam Freedom Independent IFFAmsterdam
Netherlands
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Art Experimental Screenings Film Festival Fresh StreamTbilisi
Georgia
February 18, 2023
Georgian Premiere
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
9th Festival de Largos y Cortos de SantiagoSantiago del Chile
Chile
March 3, 2023
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT -
1st Portugal Indie Film FestivalNazarè
Portugal
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Ribalta Experimental Film FestivalVignola
Italy
March 19, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Experimental BrasilRio de Janeiro
Brazil
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY -
Luis Bunuel Memorial AwardsCalcutta
India
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM -
Butterfly International Film FestivalMarseilles
France
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Sipontum Arthouse International Film FestivalManfredonia
Italy
March 31, 2023
BEST EDITING/BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -
Love & Hope International Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
OFFICIAL SELECION (upcoming 15-22 September 2023) -
Dreamachine International Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURETTE -
Berlin New Wave Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
Poi
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
7th Berlin Revolution IFFBerlin
Germany
October 22, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Lotus Film FestivalAthens
Greece
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
11th Chania Film FestivalChania
Greece
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
4th Fotofilm Internatıonal Short Film FestivalIstanbul
Turkey
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
New Wave International Film and Script FestivalBerlin
Germany
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Serbest International Film FestivalKinishev
Moldova, Republic of
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Experimental Awards - London IFFLondono
United Kingdom
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
French International Modern Film and Script FestivalParis
France
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
PinusSessions seSai Paulo
Brazil
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
73th Montecatini International Film FestivalMontecatini
Italy
October 19, 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Synergy Film AwardsLos Angeles
United States
October 13, 2023
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM -
Tokyo International Short Film FestivalTokyo
Japan
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Make Art Not Fear Film FestivalPorto
Portugal
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
25th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film FestivalMadurai
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
International Art Film FestivalBirmingham
United Kingdom
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Reel Harmony Film&Script FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
International Avant-Garde Film AwardsNew York
United States
BEST ART DIRECTION -
Flickers EindhovenEindhoven
Netherlands
HONORABLE MENTION -
Israel Brief Encounters Film FestivalTel Aviv
Israel
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
Amsterdam World Canvas Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Cesare Bedogné is an Italian photographer, film-maker and writer. His first, autobiographical novel and his black and white photographs were at he basis of the film "Story for an empty theatre", which he co-directed with the Russian film-maker Aleksandr Balagura. He later directed the experimental/documentary short films "Maria's Silence", "The Last Step of an Acrobat", "Photographing New York". All these experimental films won numerous awards internationally and were screened in prestigious film festivals such as Art Visuals&Poetry in Vienna, the International Film Festival of Salerno, L'Europe autour de l'Europe Film Festival in Paris, Montecatini International Short Film Festival in Italy, the Cinemistica Film Festival in Spain, AMIIWorkFest in Vilnius and many others. He recently completed (June 2022) another experimental short entitled "Lost Images", which also won many awards internationally. Further information is available on the artist's website:
www.cesarebedogne.com