when they called her, Ulissa

"when they called her, Ulissa" is a work born with the intention of tell an unpublished story of the "Odyssey". The story of a rebirth, in which the return home is equivalent to finding yourself. Ulissa is the result of the crash between Odysseus and Penelope. She’s a wife, a queen, but she's not just this. Immersed in a nightmare from which she believes there is no way out, Ulissa struggles with all her strength to prove that a way out, in reality, there is; as there is salvation, light. Always, no matter what.

  • Mattia de Gennaro
    Director
  • Mattia de Gennaro
    Writer
  • Mattia de Gennaro
    Producer
  • Chiara Miluzio
    Key Cast
    "Ulissa"
  • Pierpaolo Vitulano
    Director of photography
  • Davide d'Addato
    First assistant directors
  • Pierpaolo Vitulano
    First assistant directors
  • Alessia De Biase
    Assistant directors
  • Martina Pieri
    Assistant directors
  • Davide d'Addato
    Camera operators
  • Pierpaolo Vitulano
    Camera operators
  • Pierpaolo Vitulano
    Drone operator
  • Davide d'Addato
    Editing
  • Davide d'Addato
    Color grading
  • Alessia De Biase
    Set designers
  • Antonietta Tomasone
    Set designers
  • Alessia De Biase
    Costume designer
  • Martina Pieri
    Costume assistants
  • Antonietta Tomasone
    Costume assistants
  • Martina Pieri
    Storyboarder
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    fu Ulissa
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Mythological, Musical
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 25, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    10 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia
Director Biography - Mattia de Gennaro

Mattia de Gennaro (Italy) is an Italian director and screenwriter. From October 2021 he attended the course of "Cinema, photography and audiovisual" at the Academy of Fine Arts in Foggia (Italy). In 2022 he debuted 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 di Foggia and then "AKKA", realized within "Fossi Art Village" within "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. "when they called her, Ulissa" is his last work: the first exclusively musical.

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