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Where there is too much light

A mysterious and lonely man meets an actress at "Circle", a bad pub of Milan. Together they will find a meaning in their lives.

  • Lorenzo Mannino
    Director
  • Lorenzo Mannino
    Writer
  • Lorenzo Mannino, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Lombardia
    Producer
  • Marco S. Bellocchio
    Key Cast
    "Nick"
  • Giuseppe Bonasia
    D.O.P.
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Là dove c'è troppa luce
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Raw Sony 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Oniros Film Awards
    Aosta
    Italy
    Winner for Best Cinematography - Official Monthly edition - June 2018
  • Oniros Film Awards
    Aosta
    Italy
    Best 1st time Director (Nomination) - Official Monthly Finalist - June 2018
  • Oniros FIlm Awards
    Aosta, Italy
    August 25, 2018
    International Premiere
    Best of Year 2018 - Winner for "Best Cinematography"
  • Global Youth Film Festival Rangpur 2018
    Rangpur
    Bangladesh
    October 28, 2018
    Asian Premiere
    Best Director
  • The Monthly Film Festival 2018
    Glasgow
    3rd film of the month (September 2018)
  • Queen Palm Film Festival - October Edition
    Palm Springs, California
    United States
    Nomination "Best Writer"
  • Queen Palm Film Festival - October Edition
    Palm Springs, California
    Nomination "Best Actor"
  • The Monthly Film Festival

    Cinematography of the month (September 2018)
  • Foggia Film Festival 2018
    Foggia
    Italy
    November 20, 2018
  • Lift-Off Sessions Online 2018
    Pinewood
    United Kingdom
    October Selection
  • 7h Mumbai International Shorts Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    December 2, 2018
    Special Festival Mention
  • Prisma Rome Independent Film Festival 2018 - 6th Monthly Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
  • Feel The Reel - International Film Fest - November 2018
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    January 26, 2019
    Nomination for Best Cinematography
Director Biography - Lorenzo Mannino

Passionate about cinema and his language from an early age, at the age of 15 Lorenzo Mannino begins to embark on this journey, always trying to understand what to see and what to watch. First self-taught, he is a son of art (his father was a theater actor), then a student and a professional.

He has made several short films at an early age, also taking care of the creation of music videos, live concerts, reports and some commercials.

Immediately after the Degree in Technological Arts, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania, several experiences abroad (video reportage with AIASEC in Russia in 2011) and some courses in cinema and photography, he finally moved to Milan to attend the Center Experimental Cinematography - Lombardy, where he specialized in advertising, commercials and corporate documentaries, curating in several projects ("Cult City Lodi" (2017) for the Lombardy region, "Catisfashion" for Eataly (2017).

In the meantime he continues to be the video operator for events or the editor in some communication agencies in Milan such as "Synapsy srl" or "Lalà srl" or international video agencies such as "Tvtrip".

He always cultivates the dream of making films, writing different screenplays for shorts and film projects, specializing in the noir genre and thriller, which often participate in independent festivals.

With two experimental shorts ("Our Trip" of 2012 and "The Man without head" in 2013) he took part in small independent national festivals.

In the meantime he takes care of the photography in a documentary about Vincent Schiavelli (Many beautiful things by A.Gambadoro) and with this he also participates in the Taormina film Festival, while he also acts as assistant director on shorts with production ("Best Screenplay Award" for A. D'agata in 2014) or web series as "Milzaman" of Campisi and Vezzari (2016).

Also finalist at the 2016 Lake Como Film Festival with "Il Fulcinòt".

In 2015 his short "Ct Duel", urban and catanese remake of the "Duel" of Spielberg, participates in several national festivals, making itself known in the field of gender courts.

While in 2017 the short "The Runner", shot all in subjective, won the award for best short of 70 seconds at the tenth "Festival of the Small Grand Cinema", in the "Time Limit" competition.

Currently his latest work "Where there is too much light", Milan noir, produced with the Centro Sperimentale di Milano, is being distributed.

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Director Statement

Director’s statement

When a place is told, the people who live there or tell it
attending; "Where there is too much light" tells about Milan, its suburbs, but especially of one of his discopubs: "The Circle", a disco pub of the suburbs like so many, but who becomes a crossroads of emotions for the two main characters.

One, Nick, is an ex-photographer, after years in prison. The other one,
Francesca is an actress, or at least would like to be a real actress. Not only in the adverting industry.

Their meeting is however marked by an ugly "gaffe", which paradoxically will help them really trust each other.

To feel less alone, together, in the city of appearances: where only who you are is, who you know and who frequent really matters.
For them two will be different and, perhaps so, they will manage to change something in theirs lives.

Lorenzo Mannino