Private Project

Amygdala

“Amygdala” is a 20 minute short film. Three young women with different social and cultural backgrounds, participate in the casting for a TV fiction. The audition consists in a silent scene: the escape after an earthquake. After their audition, the three young women are locked in the rehearsal room, filmed ceaselessly and tortured. Three women, panicking and suffering because of their captivity. Their cry for help is unheeded. Their torturer doesn’t communicate with them – only sounds and noises. He just shoots and keeps on shooting over and over again.

  • Marco D'Amelio
    Director
  • Marco D'Amelio
    Writer
  • Synapsi
    Producer
  • Claudio Romano
    Key Cast
    Dop
  • Lorenzo Puntoni
    Key Cast
    Assistent director
  • Maria Iovine
    Key Cast
    Editing
  • Eric Guerrino
    Key Cast
    Sound designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Amygdala
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 13, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    3,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Marco D'Amelio

Marco D’Amelio was born in 1987 in Rome. When he was 10, he approached theatre at a local theatre laboratory. A dazzling attraction to the world of theatre and a subsequent increasing magnetic appeal to audiovisuals stemmed from this first experience with the stage. He graduated from the Accademia dell’Immagine in L’Aquila. He directed short movies, video clips, commercials and documentary films, but he has never diverted his attention from theatre and he worked as a light designer for some important Italian theatres. His first theatre direction work is inspired to “Les bonnes” by Jean Genet. “Amygdala” is the title of his latest short movie.

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