The Den

TITLE

The Den

DIRECTOR

Beatrice Baldacci

COUNTRY

Italy

YEAR

2021

DURATION

90′

GENRE

Debut Feature

Overview

The Den

Giulio has just turned eighteen and lives in the country with his parents. Once again he will spend the summer with his family, without ever leaving his home. In the house next door, uninhabited for years, Lia, a bold, grumpy and introverted twenty-year-old girl, arrives. Lia starts Giulio into some strange and increasingly dangerous games. Giulio is deeply attracted to her, but he still hasn't understood what she's hiding in that old abandoned house, where no one is allowed to enter.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Beatrice Baldacci

Beatrice Baldacci was born in Città di Castello in 1993. She studied psychology in Padua and then moved to Rome to study cinema. While studying directing and photography with Daniele Ciprì and Claudio Cupellini, she made the fiction short film "Corvus Corax" which participated in numerous festivals. In 2017 she graduated with honours under the supervision of Susanna Nicchiarelli with a thesis on the border between man and animal and anthropomorphisation in cinema. After completing her studies, she made some experiences on set and in 2018 she won the artistic residency Immerge making the short documentary film "Un posto sicuro". In 2019 she wins the Premio Zavattini 18/19 with the autobiographical short film "Supereroi senza Superpoteri", entirely made with VHS footage. "Supereroi senza superpoteri" has its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival 2019 in the Orizzonti section, where it wins a FEDIC Special Mention as the best short film of the exhibition. In 2021 she makes her first feature film "La Tana", produced by Lumen Films, developed within the Biennale College Cinema programme 2020/21 and premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

Credits

Specifications

Beatrice Baldacci

Beatrice Baldacci was born in Città di Castello in 1993. She studied psychology in Padua and then moved to Rome to study cinema. While studying directing and photography with Daniele Ciprì and Claudio Cupellini, she made the fiction short film "Corvus Corax" which participated in numerous festivals. In 2017 she graduated with honours under the supervision of Susanna Nicchiarelli with a thesis on the border between man and animal and anthropomorphisation in cinema. After completing her studies, she made some experiences on set and in 2018 she won the artistic residency Immerge making the short documentary film "Un posto sicuro". In 2019 she wins the Premio Zavattini 18/19 with the autobiographical short film "Supereroi senza Superpoteri", entirely made with VHS footage. "Supereroi senza superpoteri" has its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival 2019 in the Orizzonti section, where it wins a FEDIC Special Mention as the best short film of the exhibition. In 2021 she makes her first feature film "La Tana", produced by Lumen Films, developed within the Biennale College Cinema programme 2020/21 and premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Group 1579

Tirana International Film Festival

Best PrespecTIFF Award, 2022

Group 1579

Venice Film Festival

Biennale College Cinema, 2021

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