Asterión
TITLE
Asterión
DIRECTOR
Francesco Montagner
COUNTRY
Czech Republic
YEAR
2022
DURATION
15′
GENRE
Experimental
Asterión
Under the burning sun, a solitary bull awaits tireless, whilst a man jumps deep into the darkest waters of his persona, in their common attempt to defeat death. In this silent visual poem, the massive body of a bull appears on the table of a meticulous taxidermist, having died in the hot sun in the middle of a bullfighting arena. Working with the body of an untamed animal, the man is inwardly transformed and finds in the animal's skin a way to cope with his own mortality and the transience of life.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Francesco Montagner
Francesco Montagner (1989, Italy) studied Directing in Documentary Film at FAMU in Prague. He made his debut with Animata resistenza (2014), which he co-directed, co-wrote, and produced, for which he won the Venezia Classici Award for Best Documentary on Cinema at the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival. Brotherhood (2021) is his second award-winning feature documentary which premiered at 74. Locarno Film Festival and won the Pardo d'Oro Cineasti del Presente and the Best Czech documentary award, and Best Cinematography at the 25. Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival. Brotherhood received several other awards in over 30 festivals worldwide.
- DirectorFrancesco Montagner
- ScreenplayFrancesco Montagner
- CinematographyFrancesco Montagner
- EditingFrancesco Montagner
- Cast
- Producer/s Veronika Kührová, Michal Kráčmer
- Production CompanyAnalog Vision
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Distributor/s
- Project TitleAsterión
- Project TypeExperimental
- Completion Date January 1, 2022
- Country of origin Czech Republic
- Country of filming Czech Republic
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Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Francesco Montagner
Francesco Montagner (1989, Italy) studied Directing in Documentary Film at FAMU in Prague. He made his debut with Animata resistenza (2014), which he co-directed, co-wrote, and produced, for which he won the Venezia Classici Award for Best Documentary on Cinema at the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival. Brotherhood (2021) is his second award-winning feature documentary which premiered at 74. Locarno Film Festival and won the Pardo d'Oro Cineasti del Presente and the Best Czech documentary award, and Best Cinematography at the 25. Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival. Brotherhood received several other awards in over 30 festivals worldwide.
