IL SOGNO DEL VECCHIO

(THE OLD MAN’S DREAM)

INFO

Director

Antonio La Camera

Genre

Drama

Duration

16′

Year

2016

Nationality

Italian

SYNOPSIS

The memory of the late wife persists strongly in the quiet life of an old man, whose routine is broken by a sudden illness that will force him to confront the flowing of time.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Antonio La Camera

Genre

Drama

Time

16′

Country

Italy

Language

Italian

Subtitles

English

Cast

Giuseppe Viggiano

Production

Empire of Dreams

Screenplay

Antonio La Camera

Cinematography

Antonio La Camera

Editing

Antonio La Camera

Sound

Antonio La Camera, Francesco Sottile

Assistant Director

Teresa Viggiano

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2016
Award for Best Short Film
12. Saturno Film Festival
2017
Official Selection
Mediterranean Film Festival - MEDFF
2017
Official Selection
1. Il Varco International Short Film Festival
2017
Official Selection
11. Roma Tre Film Festival
2017
British Premiere
4. Cardiff Mini Festival
2017
Lebanese Premiere
1. Baalbeck's International Short Films Festival
2017
Official Selection
1. Reale Film Festival
2017
Official Selection
10. Lamezia Film Fest - Mostra del Cinema di Lamezia Terme
2017
Out of Competition
11. Pentedattilo Internationla Short Film Festival
2017
Official Selection
3. IveliseCineFestival
2017
Iraqi Premiere
2. Samawah International Short Film Festival
2017
Official Selection
13. ARTe.r.i.e. – Rassegna di Ipotesi Espressive
2018
Audience Award
2. IL Film Festival - Italian London Short Film Festival
2018
Official Selection
Tiro International Art Festival
2019
Out of Competition
2. Ortometraggi Film Festival

ANTONIO LA CAMERA

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BIOGRAPHY

Antonio la Camera was born in Castrovillari (Cosenza) on May 18, 1990.

 

After graduating in Cinema and Visual Arts with a grade of 110 cum laude at Roma Tre University, he attended courses in directing and screenwriting at the “Sentieri Selvaggi” film school. Subsequently he was admitted to the High Specialization Course in Film Direction “Fare Cinema” directed by Marco Bellocchio and held by Manetti Bros.

 

His short films “Carne e Polvere”, “Il Sogno del Vecchio” and “Nel Ritrovo del Silenzio” have been screened in over 100 international and national festivals including “Future Film Festival” of the British Film Institute (UK), “Braunschweig Film Festival “(Germany),” Terre di Cinema – International Cinematographers Days “(Italy),“Ischia Film Festival” (Italy), “Fabriano Film Fest” (Italy), “Al-Nahj International Shortfilm Festival” (Iraq), “CinemAmbiente – Enrivomental Film Festival” (Italy), and was among the authors of the Italian short films that represented Italy at the “RIFF – Russia-Italia Film Festival” (Russia). It has won important awards such as the award for best director at the “Pázmány Film Festival”, awarded by the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest, the award for the best international short film at the Turkish festival “Hak-İş Short Film Festival” and the award for the best music video at the festival organized by RAI “Tulipani di Seta Nera”.

 

He is the creator and artistic director of the “Castrovillari Film Festival – International Auteur Short Film Festival”, as well as the artistic director of the short film distribution company “Gargantua Film Distribution”.

FILMOGRAPHY

NEL RITROVO DEL SILENZIO

2018

 

HOUSES

2018

 

PRIMA DEL DITTICO

2017

 

IL SOGNO DEL VECCHIO

2016

 

CARNE E POLVERE

2015