Tell Me Where the Flowers Are

Through the memories of her recently deceased grandmother, Chiara rediscovers an ancient link between her family memory and a particular flower: the Iris.

  • Lorenzo Ci
    Director
  • Amparo Lavezzo Cassinelli
    Writer
  • Federico Babusci
    Writer
  • Chiara Zipoli
    Key Cast
    "Chiara"
  • Manola Nifosì
    Key Cast
    "Nonna Iris"
  • Juri Galli
    Key Cast
    "Neighbor"
  • Ilda Rosati
    Key Cast
    "Woman at the stop"
  • Elia Renzi
    Key Cast
    "Florist one"
  • Francesco Trambusti
    Key Cast
    "Florist two"
  • Noemi Montaleone
    Key Cast
  • Elisa Millacci
    Executive producer
  • Daniele Cimaglia
    Director of photography
  • Pietro Spini
    Director of photography
  • Amparito MC
    Soundtrack
  • Freddie Stork
    Soundtrack
  • Federico Battistelli
    Sound design
  • Elenia Penna
    Team facilitation
  • Elia Renzi
    Archive
  • Federico Rinaldi
    Editing
  • Federico Babusci
    Editing
  • Federico Rinaldi
    Camera
  • Daniele Cimaglia
    Camera
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dimmi dove sono i fiori
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 31, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Lorenzo Ci

Lorenzo Ci is a film director, activist, permaculturist and facilitator. He works and lives in Tuscany, around Florence, although he often also dedicates himself to national and international projects.

He has been working for years on the design of collective processes, through cinema and arts, and cultural projects to respond together to the ecological crisis and regenerate the environment and society.

He co-founded Transistor (transistor.city) a network of local hubs to promote the inclusive ecological transition on cities and Valdisieve in Transizione, collaborates, among others, with Rinascimento Green, Disco Soupe Firenze, FacilitArte and the Italian Academy of Permaculture .

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Director Statement

"Dimmi dove sono i fiori" (Tell Me Where the Flowers Are) is a beginning of a research on how to see plants as protagonists of a film. Let's think again our relationship with the botanical world and how we should use narrative differently to tell their stories.