DYSTOPIA
2021 | 21 minutes | Italy
Dystopia is a journey through George Hellas’ hallucinated unconscious mind, populated by tormented memories, fears and drives. Sendai City, the place where he lives, is shown to us through his oneiric and horrific gaze, becoming the representation of his mind and unconscious. Voices, memories and images show us the life of George Hellas. His traumas bring him to take his own life and to be reconfigured in the body of a robot with a positronic brain that still contains memories from his human past. In a narrative loop, George Hellas’ nightmares fight with the programming of his brain, which follows Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. The Laws speak to him throughout the movie from the lips of a spectral geisha. In this story – in which we cannot discern between dream and reality – violence and crimes remain without an explanation. The only thing left is the geisha’s voice, resonating and repeating the obedience to the laws of robotics.
FESTIVAL National Preview: Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, 2021
FESTIVAL National Preview: Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 2021
Awards
Award Winner – L.A. Sci-fi & Horror Festival, Agoura Hills, USA
Award Winner – Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA), 2022, Toronto, Canada, USA
Winner – AltFF Alternative Film Festival, 2021, CANADA
Award Winner – San Francisco Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, 2021, San Francisco, California, USA
Winner – Horror Unleashed, 2021 – Porto
Finalist – Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Fillm Festival, 2022, Buffalo, NY, USA
Nominee – Rotterdam Independent Film Festivals, 2021, Online Event
Official Selection – WideScreen Film & Music Festival , 2024, Ontario
Official Selection – Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE, 2022, Montreal, Canada, USA
Official Selection – McMinnville Short Film Festival, 2021, McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Official Selection – Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 2021, Trieste, ITALY
Official Selection – Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, 2021, Ravenna, ITALY
Official Selection – Couch Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Official Selection – Underground Film & Screenplay Festival, Montreal, Canada
Official Selection – 80 Screams International Film Festival, Middlebranch, Ohio, USA
Official Selection – EL Grito: International Fantastic Film Festival, San Cristóbal,Mexico, USA
Honorable Mention – Horror Fest International, 2021, St. George, Utah, USA
Category: Animation, Experimental, Short
Genres: Sci-fi, Experimental, Animation, Horror
Language: English
Format: Digital
Target: Adults
Director Marco Bolognesi
Writer Marco Bolognesi
Producer Bomar Studio
Executive Producer Barbara Di Micco
Production Supervisor Giusi Santoro
Preproduction and Development Raffaello Rossini
Sound Design 7 Floor S.a.S.
Music Riccardo Nanni
MORE CREDITS
Female Voices: Susanna La Polla De Giovanni, Fabiola Ricci
2D Animation and VFX: Pasquale D’Amico
Sound Design: Riccardo Nanni, Lorenzo Confetta
Sound Mixing: Riccardo Nanni, Daniele Bagnoli, Bagnoli Bross
Titles: Monica Piazza
Color Design: Undervilla Productions
Graphics: Marco Lombardo
Dystopia is a journey through George Hellas’ hallucinated unconscious mind, populated by tormented memories, fears and drives. Sendai City, the place where he lives, is shown to us through his oneiric and horrific gaze, becoming the representation of his mind and unconscious. Voices, memories and images show us the life of George Hellas. His traumas bring him to take his own life and to be reconfigured in the body of a robot with a positronic brain that still contains memories from his human past. In a narrative loop, George Hellas’ nightmares fight with the programming of his brain, which follows Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. The Laws speak to him throughout the movie from the lips of a spectral geisha. In this story – in which we cannot discern between dream and reality – violence and crimes remain without an explanation. The only thing left is the geisha’s voice, resonating and repeating the obedience to the laws of robotics.
FESTIVAL National Preview: Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, 2021
FESTIVAL National Preview: Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 2021
Awards
Award Winner – L.A Sci-fi & Horror Festival, 2022, Agoura Hils, USA
Official Selection – McMinnville Short Film Festival, 2022, McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Official Selection – Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE, 2022, Montreal, Canada, USA
Award Winner – Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA), 2022, Toronto, Canada, USA
Finalist – Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Fillm Festival, 2022, Buffalo, NY, USA
Official Selection – Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE, 2022, Montreal, Canada, USA
Official Selection – Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 2021, Trieste, ITALY
Award Winner – San Francisco Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, 2021, San Francisco, California, USA
Nominee – Rotterdam Independent Film Festivals, 2021, Online Event
Honorable Mention – Horror Fest International, 2021, St. George, Utah, USA
Official Selection – Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, 2021, Ravenna, ITALY
Winner – AltFF Alternative Film Festival, 2020, CANADA
Category: Animation, Experimental, Short
Genres: Sci-fi, Experimental, Animation, Horror
Language: English
Format: Digital
Target: Adults
Director Marco Bolognesi
Writer Marco Bolognesi
Producer Bomar Studio
Executive Producer Barbara Di Micco
Production Supervisor Giusi Santoro
Preproduction and Development Raffaello Rossini
Sound Design 7 Floor S.a.S.
Music Riccardo Nanni
MORE CREDITS
Female Voices: Susanna La Polla De Giovanni, Fabiola Ricci
2D Animation and VFX: Pasquale D’Amico
Sound Design: Riccardo Nanni, Lorenzo Confetta
Sound Mixing: Riccardo Nanni, Daniele Bagnoli, Bagnoli Bross
Titles: Monica Piazza
Color Design: Undervilla Productions
Graphics: Marco Lombardo
