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vekst - EXI feat. Crack Ignaz (Official Video)

Featuring Austrian rapper Crack Ignaz and paired with a “short-movie” style video directed by Mattia de Gennaro, vekst’s latest release “EXI” is an introspective and haunting piece for those moments when you’re driven to the edge by desire “I love it so much that I forget to breathe.”

Built in chaos through mixed techniques, the track blurs the line between music and visual art, inviting the listener to experience it as more than a song but as a visceral, contemporary work that lingers long after it ends.

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  • Mattia de Gennaro
    Director
  • FORMLSS
    Producer
  • Marco Martini
    Key Cast
  • Lana Borosu
    Key Cast
  • Marco Tizzato
    Key Cast
  • Rossana Signorile
    Key Cast
  • Mattia de Gennaro
    Art Directors
  • Christian D'Errico
    Art Directors
  • Gabriele Ciavarella
    Director Of Photography
  • Christian D'Errico
    Photography Supervisors
  • Roberto Comes
    Photography Supervisors
  • Gabriele Ciavarella
    Editing
  • Gabriele Ciavarella
    Camera Operator
  • Roberto Comes
    Lighting
  • Mariangela Somma
    Lighting
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 28, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Mattia de Gennaro

Mattia de Gennaro is a director and screenwriter. After graduating in “Cinema, Photography and Audiovisual” from the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia, he continued his studies in Rome, being among the 12 candidates chosen to join the School of Screenwriting “Leo Benvenuti”, founded in 2019 by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Umberto Marino, Nicola Guaglianone and Gabriele Mainetti. He is currently enrolled in “Audiovisual Theories and Tecniques” at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome.

In 2022 he debut with the short film "janelas verdes' dream", winning the second place at the "Rotary Art Award Medusa - XXII edition". In the same year he writes and directs first "on brothers and other evils", a short film produced in collaboration with the "Piccolo Teatro" of Foggia and then "AKKA", realized within "Fossi Art Village" during "Residenze AKKA", which has won nominations and prestigious awards, such as the "Honorable Mention" of the Student World Impact Film Festival and the "Young Director Award" at the Cefalù Film Festival, during which he was also awarded the "Honorable Mention" of the Jury, two months before winning the University Award section of the Student Film Festival of Foggia. In 2024, his short film "what remains of nothing" won the Best Short Film Award at the Intermunicipal Festival of Amateur Cinema in Brescia, two awards from the CORTOCIRCUITI Short Film Festival of Bari (People’s Choice/ Students' Choice Apulian Student Short Film) and the “Best Director Award” of the Student Film Festival of Foggia. In August 2024, his short film "I dreamed there was sea in Milan" won the "Memory Ciak" section of the Bookciak, Azione! Award, pre-opening event of the Giornate degli Autori at the 81st International Venice Film Festival.

His latest short film, "A Useless Heart," is his diploma thesis, which was accompanied by an essay entitled “Breviary of My Deaths – Cinema as a Promise of Eternity”, due out in 2026 by Tabula Fati.

"vekst - EXI feat. Crack Ignaz (Official Video)" is his first music video.

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