KATABASIS - THE GOD OF THE DARK HOUR

By Michele BIZZI

KINEDIMORAE - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2019

A feature-length improvisation by five actors under the influence of the Blood Moon Eclipse of July, 2018.
They are thrown into action with the extreme task of turning upside down their moral beliefs, and incarnate the worst imaginable version of themselves.

Festivals
& Awards

Los Angeles Cinematography Awards 2019
Nomination for the Best Cinematographry of a Short Film
That Film Festival 2019
Official Selection
Foggia Film Festival 2019
Out of Competition
Cannes Mediterranean 2019
Best Short
The European Indiependent 2019
2019
Hollywood Sun Awards 2019
Official Selection
New York Awards 2020
Award Best Screening
CineFacts Quarantena Film Festival 2020
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Experimental
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 82 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Michele BIZZI
    • Producer(s)
    • Claudia DI LASCIA (Kinedimorae)
    • Synopsis
    • A feature-length improvisation by five actors under the influence of the Blood Moon Eclipse of July, 2018.
      They are thrown into action with the extreme task of turning upside down their moral beliefs, and incarnate the worst imaginable version of themselves.
      In order to achieve as much authenticity as possible, no background is given them by the authors.
      As the evening unfolds, tensions build up: just by keeping a strong self-immersive acting, the five actors manage to shape themselves into racist, sexist and religious fanatics.
      This moon-bathed experience was so intense to the actors, that they deliberately ended this nightmare with an unexpected sweet finale, right in front of our cameras.