Private Project

Taxi Fish

After just one night of passion, the life of a young taxi driver is turned upside down by the sudden death of the girl, the object of his new love, and by the subsequent encounter with a stranger: the anonymous driver of the car who hit her.

  • Sara Schiavone
    Director
  • Sara Schiavone
    Writer
  • Ferrara la città del cinema (FCC)
    Producer
  • Scuola d’Arte Cinematografica Florestano Vancini
    Producer
  • Federico Pasquali
    Key Cast
  • Nicolò Sala
    Key Cast
  • Cecilia Cavalcoli
    Key Cast
  • Monica Malagolini
    Key Cast
  • Joseph Ragnedda
    Cinematography
  • Alex Banzi
    Scenography
  • Giulia Conforti
    Costumes designer
  • Federico Cantini
    Costumes designer
  • Enrico Rontini
    Sound
  • Jacopo Gioacchini
    Sound
  • Jaime Palagi
    Sound
  • Sara Schiavone
    Editing
  • Giulio Ghirardini
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Taxi Fish
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Drama
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital super35 Blackmagic Broad
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Scuola d’Arte Cinematografica Florestano Vancini
Distribution Information
  • Cattive Distribuzioni
    Distributor
    Country: Italy
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Sara Schiavone

Sara Schiavone, director and screenwriter, was born in Ferrara in 1996 and has had strong artistic predispositions since childhood, cultivated through painting, singing and writing short stories. After high school, she graduated in Communication Sciences with a thesis on historical and propaganda cinema and consequently, she graduated in Film Direction at the Florestano Vancini School of Cinematographic Art. She has worked as a photographer, videomaker and editor for some companies and within film productions in the direction or production department. In 2020 she made LA LUPA, an experimental short film and in the same year she was the director of "The Last Man of the Drake" documentary on the life of Mauro Forghieri. Her debut as a film director takes place with TAXI FISH, a short film produced in 2022.

Sara Schiavone, regista e sceneggiatrice, nasce a Ferrara nel 1996 e sin dall’infanzia ha forti predisposizioni artistiche, coltivate attraverso la pittura, il canto e la scrittura di racconti brevi. Dopo il diploma, si laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione con una tesi sul cinema storico e di propaganda e, conseguentemente, si diplomata in Regia cinematografica presso la Scuola d’Arte Cinematografica Florestano Vancini. Ha lavorato come fotografa, videomaker e montatore per alcune società e all’interno di produzioni cinematografiche nel reparto regia o produzione. Nel 2020 realizza LA LUPA, cortometraggio sperimentale e nello stesso anno è regista de “L’ultimo uomo del drake” documentario sulla vita di Mauro Forghieri. Il suo debutto, come regista cinematografica, avviene con TAXI FISH, cortometraggio prodotto nel 2022.

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