Pinoquo
Directed by Federico DemattèItaly 2023
Runtime 16'
Night, the suburbs. Cora is a 16-year-old who is about to break into a school with her friends. She invited her boyfriend and his group to join, even though her own friends do not like them. So begins a dark night//spree of quarreling, vandalism and chaos in the building’s labyrinth; a fight between the two groups, seeking spaces to conquer, destroy, create anew.
Directed by
Federico Demattè
Screenplay
Federico Demattè
Cinematography
Francesco Bartoli Avveduti
Editing
Jacopo Ramella Pajrin
Music
Tommaso Lapiana
Sound
Tommaso Barbaro
Production design
Claudia De Salve
Costumes
Allegra Coccolo
Cast
Cora Marcaccio, Michele Baldi, Tommaso Angioletti, Nicola Tommaso Madron, Manuel Venticinque, Morgan Gariboldi
Production
Saverio Pesapane (Premiere Film), Andrea Italia (Nieminen Film)
Italian distribution
Premiere Film
International sales
Premiere Film
Federico Demattè (1996) moved to Berlin in 2016 with his musical project. After three years in London, he returned to Italy, where he published the novel Jennifer salta giù (Edizioni la Gru) and enrolled at Naba – Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. This marked the beginning of his work on music videos and commercials: he directed videos for companies such as Sony, Asian Fake and Bombadischi, as well as ads for Porsche and Golden Goose. Inchei, his first short film, won Best Film and Best Direction at the Settimana Internazionale della Critica of the 2021 Venice International Film Festival. he same year he directed a Spotify Radad documentary on singer Rhove. His second short film Battima, produced by Indigo Film in collaboration with Rai Cinema, premiered at the Rome Film Fest in 2022.
