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THE CLAUSTROPHILES

This film about caving is not meant for cavers. It was made for all those people who stay outside and ask questions such as: " how can you breath? "don't you feel afraid of being trapped there?" "But..what do you do in there?"
The speleology films often talk about the caves: the discovery of a cave, the unblocking of a cave, the conjunction of a cave, the mysteries of that cave, the peculiarities of that cave, etc ... But they rarely talk about speleologists, who are these strange people who live unlike the others?

  • Sirio Sechi
    Director
  • Sirio Sechi
    Writer
  • Sirio Sechi
    Producer
  • Sirio Sechi
    Editor
  • Sirio Sechi
    Photography
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    I CLAUSTROFILI
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 8, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD, 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
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    Italy
    February 18, 2020
    1st prize winner
Director Biography - Sirio Sechi

I am a film director, cameraman and photographer in harsh conditions.

I had started filming at 14 years old on Super8 film format, then studied cinematography in Brussels. Meanwhile, I was making a lot of trips in the nature, canyoning, caving…
And one day, I decide to combine my job with my passions…

Videography is my first artistic language.
I got my first Super8 camera at 14 years old. The high cost of the filmstrip forced me to well plan the scene before filming. It’s a very good exercise of artistic conception.
My way to travel had oriented me to buy small video cameras, so I had to found the best compromise between quality and smallness. Until today, filming inside caves, I have to manage this compromise, adding to that the waterproof requirement.

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