Las Memorias Perdidas de los Árboles

INFO

Director

Antonio La Camera

Genre

Fiction

Duration

20’

Year

2023

Nationality

Italian, Spanish

SYNOPSYS

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, two trees awaken in the night and embark on a journey spiritual journey to discover a past when they were two sibling children.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Antonio La Camera

Genre

Fiction

Duration

20′

Nationality

Italy, Spain

Screenplay

Antonio La Camera

Produced by

Waterclock

Il Varco Cinema

Naffintusi

Playlab Films

Oudeis Pictures

Executive producers

Estephania Bonnett

Andrea Gatopoulos

Producers

Andrea Garofalo

Marco Crispano

Orazio Guarino

Stefano Schiavone

Sound editing & mix

Boris Riccardo D’Agostino

Editing

Antonio La Camera

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2023
Best Short Film
38. Settimana Internazionale della Critica Festival del Cinema di Venezia

ANTONIO LA CAMERA

Antonio La Camera_regista

BIOGRAPHY

Antonio La Camera (1990), after graduating in Cinema and Visual Arts with a grade of 110 cum laude at the DAMS of Roma Tre University, attends directing and screenwriting courses at the “Sentieri Selvaggi” film school. He was later admitted to the High Specialization Course in Film Direction “Fare Cinema” directed by Maestro Marco Bellocchio and held by Manetti Bros.

His short films “Carne e Polvere,” “Il Sogno del Vecchio” and “Nel Ritrovo del Silenzio” have been screened in over 100 national and international festivals, including the Future Film Festival organized by the British Film Institute. He has won more than 30 awards worldwide, including the Best Director Award given to him by the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest.

In 2022 he was admitted to the exclusive CreatorsLab in which he shot the Italian-Spanish short film “Las Memorias Perdidas de los Árboles” in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest under the supervision of legendary director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The short film will have its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival as part of the 38th. International Critics’ Week.

FILMOGRAPHY

LAS MEMORIAS PERDIDAS DE LOS ÁRBOLES

2023

 

NEL RITROVO DEL SILENZIO

2018

 

IL SOGNO DEL VECCHIO

2016

 

CARNE E POLVERE

2015