2025 - 23' - Italian (Available subtitles: English, German)
Pozzuoli lies at the center of the crater of the Phlegraean Fields, where the earth breathes rising and falling in a continuous cycle. Here, where the boundary between the world of the living and that of the underworld has opened many times, the earth with its vapors and fumes, holds ancient mysteries and a latent energy, about to awaken.
The Campi Flegrei volcano becomes a metaphor for a social and political magma ready to explode. The film reflects on the uncertainty of the future and human smallness in the face of eternity, maintaining distance from the inhabitants. With a thermal effect, people appear as spectres of heat in a moving landscape, where earth, water and vapors tell a continuous cycle of life, death and rebirth that allows us to see infinity.
Country of production: Italy
Shooting Format(s): UHD 2160@25p
Original Master Format: UHD 1080@25p
Aspect ratio: 2.29:1
Screening Format: DCP, Apple ProRes or any on request
Audio Format: Stereo (2.0)
Running time: 23’
Subtitles available: English / German
Director: Filippo Maria Pontiggia
Cinematographer: Filippo Maria Pontiggia, Mara Godino
Editor: Giulia Epifani
Soundrecordist: Giulia Epifani
Sound Design / Mix: Philippe Gozlan
ZeLIG is located in Bolzano, Italy, a multilingual city where different cultures live together. The school is a place of exchange for students, teachers and film professionals from all over the world.
At ZeLIG the spoken languages are German, Italian and English. This creative approach to linguistic variety opens the gates to the international markets and to future opportunities.
