ASPIS

INFO

Director

Antonio Romagnoli

Genre

Docu-fiction

Duration

14’

Year

2025

Nationality

Italy

SYNOPSYS

In the midst of untouched nature, free from any human trace, a viper awakens from hibernation. As every year, it resumes its life cycle without remembering the previous one. But something changes, and a new awareness emerges.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Antonio Romagnoli

Genre

Docu-fiction

Duration

14′

Nationality

Italy

Cast

Roberta Mattei
Simone Corbisiero

Production

Hubris Pictures

DOP

Leonardo Kurtz Trimeloni  

Editor

Antonio Romagnoli
Antonio La Camera

Original soundtrack

Francesco Sottile

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2025
World Premiere
6. Free Aquila Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
1. CortoCircuito Film Festival Milano
2025
Jury Award Winner
2. Sicani Cinema Experience
2025
Official Selection
1. Ostia In Corto - Short Film Fest
2025
Official Selection
41. Ménigoute - Festival International du Film Ornithologique
2025
Official Selection
6. Desenzano Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
7. Castrovillari Film Festival
2025
Best Documentary Sound Winner
4. Golden Grape International Short Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
6. Venaria in Corto
2025
Official Selection
3. Animal Nature Future Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
5. Festival Mente Locale – Visioni sul territorio
2025
Official Selection
4. Brixia Film Fest
2025
Official Selection
9. Beijing International Short Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
9. Girogirocorto Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
30. Linea d'Ombra Festival
2025
Official Selection
8. RIETI & SABINA Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
6. Mondi Lontani International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
3. Do(C)ôa Nature Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
3. Cagliari Essay Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
30. Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
5. Cineolio
2025
Best Film "Mind and Body" Award Winner
3. Cagliari Essay Film
2025
Official Selection
12. Cortomontagna

Antonio Romagnoli

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BIOGRAPHY

Antonio Romagnoli was born in Castrovillari (Cosenza) on May 13, 1992. After completing his classical studies at a humanities-focused high school, he pursued a degree in Arts and Performing Sciences at the University of “La Sapienza” in Rome.

From 2013 to 2016, he worked as a film critic for iCinemaniaci, awarded Best Film Criticism Website in 2014. He later served as editorial director for Il Varco Cinema and published both prose and poetry through their publishing division.

In 2015, he directed the short film Memorie di un Viaggiatore, starring Alessandro Haber and Saverio La Ruina. In 2016, he began work on his debut feature film Polvere, featuring Saverio La Ruina and Roberta Mattei. The film was released in cinemas in October 2021 and was officially selected at the prestigious Porretta Film Festival.

Also in 2021, he released his short documentary Inutile al Mondo, which was selected at Lago Film Fest, Benevento Cinetv, and the Vittorio De Seta Award, where it received a Special Mention from the jury.

He is executive producer of the short film La Piccola Estate by Sara Scalera, winner of the Rai Cinema Channel Award at the European Film Festival in Lecce, and of the documentary Italianesi by Saverio La Ruina, which won the Reflecting Albania Award at the Tirana Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

ASPIS

2025

 

POLVERE

2021

 

INUTILE AL MONDO

2021

 

MEMORIE DI UN VIAGGIATORE

2015