Moronavirus
As the Movi-20, a deadly disease originated from a laboratory experiment, reaches its third stage, humanity is forced to quarantine or face death. A fake news soon spreads across the web, faster than the virus, clouding people's judgment and behavior.
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Michela MariniDirectorMindtrap
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Carlo KayaKey Cast"Joe Almeida"Aladdin, The Race Card
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Michela MariniWriterMindtrap
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Michela MariniProducerMindtrap
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Dramedy
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Runtime:9 minutes 34 seconds
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Completion Date:January 24, 2021
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English, Italian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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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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Best Director Award - 2021London
United Kingdom
Official Selection
From the small village of Paratico in North Italy, Michela used to dream of working in the movies.
After moving to London, she used to sneak into Pinewood Studios in order to see how film sets operated on major motion pictures, striking up conversations with people and handing her CV to anyone who'd take it.
With an insatiable combination of determination, courage and charisma, Michela has forged a reputation as a dependable Assistant Director on a host of top level Hollywood films, such as Aladdin, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Fast & Furious 6, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Of a creative and competitive vein since an early age, she has won writing awards in her youth and have been published on a series of Italian poem volumes. At 22, she wrote, produced and directed her first short movie "Mindtrap" and was awarded the title of "Best first time director" at the "San Francisco Frozen Film Festival," alongside other international festivals screenings and achievements.
Her next ambition is to direct her first feature film, Clessidra, which is in development with a number of established filmmakers, and the enthusiasm she has for her work seems destined to lead to a noteworthy career in filmmaking.
A short film to raise awareness of FAKE NEWS, an evil spreading faster than any virus. Entirely filmed during lockdown.
I feel this hot topic deserves much more discussion and regulations, given the danger fake news holds. So much disinformation has flood amongst us and it feels as unstoppable as the virus. I believe legitimate news needs to be protected and a stronger effort needs to be put in place to stop the spread of fake news which too often fool us all, clouding our common sense, judgement & behaviour and lifting our prejudice, nonetheless wasting our time.
It’s a simple and improvised story filmed to keep creative during lockdown which I hope holds a very meaningful message.
Buona visione!