Studio

In an artist studio, the painted faces and figures slowly take shape. The eye and the hand at work seem chasing eachother and weaving together. The moving image and the painting start mirroying and recalling eachother, becoming one single element.

Francesco Dongiovanni (1978) lives and works in Apulia (Italy). He has been interested in ethnology, landscapes, archive, memory and anthropological cinema for a long time. He works for the production company Murex, which he founded with his collaborators. His filmography also includes the medium-lenght films: Happiness Is a Densely Unpopulated Place, Elegies from the Beginning of the World – Of Men and Trees , Giano and Anapeson – Sleepless. His last short films are Studio (2016), co-produced by The Open Reel, and The Riddle (2017). In 2019, he directed the feature documentary Days and Works. In 2022, he realised the short The Viper, the Woman and the Field.