A Near Thing
TITLE
A Near Thing
DIRECTOR
Loris G. Nese
COUNTRY
Italy
YEAR
2025
DURATION
85′
GENRE
Documentary
A Near Thing
As a child in the 1990s, Loris, the film’s director, grows up surrounded by deep secrets. The men in his family, his father included, die too young, but he is too young to understand why. When he learns that his surname ‘brands’ him in the eyes of everyone in his city, he gets the feeling that it’s his own life he sees in the gangster and horror movies he loves to watch; they reflect the violence that changed his existence.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Loris G. Nese
Loris G. Nese is a writer and director, animator, DOP and co-founder of Lapazio Film who studied film in Bologna. He creates hybrid stories blending fiction, animation, and the documentary. In 2018, his short Quelle brutte cose won an award at the Critics’ Week in Venice and was selected for Sundance. Two years later, Malumore won kudos at Torino, DOK Leipzig, and Krakow and screened at Annecy Animation FF, Atlanta, Slamdance, and Belfort Entrevues. In 2021, Il turno competed at Venice (Orizzonti) and the Palm Springs International ShortFest. The same year, Nese did cinematography and animation on Chiara Marotta’s film Il momento di passaggio, presented at IDFA. In 2023, his short Z.O. was kudoed by Locarno and the Brooklyn Film Fest and competed at Alice nella città and Cinemed in Montpellier. Nese is currently developing a film selected for the Torino Film Lab and Biennale College. He also directs video installations, documentary series, and music videos.
- DirectorLoris G. Nese
- Screenplay
- CinematographyLoris Giuseppe Nese
- Cast
- EditingChiara Marotta
- Producer/s Chiara Marotta
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleA Near Thing
- Project Type Documentary
- Completion Date27 Aug 2025
- Country of originItaly
- Country of filming Italy
- LanguageItalian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Loris G. Nese
Loris G. Nese is a writer and director, animator, DOP and co-founder of Lapazio Film who studied film in Bologna. He creates hybrid stories blending fiction, animation, and the documentary. In 2018, his short Quelle brutte cose won an award at the Critics’ Week in Venice and was selected for Sundance. Two years later, Malumore won kudos at Torino, DOK Leipzig, and Krakow and screened at Annecy Animation FF, Atlanta, Slamdance, and Belfort Entrevues. In 2021, Il turno competed at Venice (Orizzonti) and the Palm Springs International ShortFest. The same year, Nese did cinematography and animation on Chiara Marotta’s film Il momento di passaggio, presented at IDFA. In 2023, his short Z.O. was kudoed by Locarno and the Brooklyn Film Fest and competed at Alice nella città and Cinemed in Montpellier. Nese is currently developing a film selected for the Torino Film Lab and Biennale College. He also directs video installations, documentary series, and music videos.
