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Film · Documentary · Drama

Lockdown2020

Italy's art cities empty during quarantine, in a 360° journey between beauty and desolation.

Synopsis

March and April 2020. Squares, monuments and streets of Italian cities with no one in them, accompanied by Laura Accerboni’s poetry and prose in the voices of Matilde Gioli and Vinicio Marchioni.

Production notes

Shot during lockdown, when film sets had stopped, and co-produced with Rai Cinema. We chose virtual reality for its empathic power: to stand inside that emptiness rather than watch it from outside.

Credits

Year
2020
Duration
19’
Genre
Documentary, Drama
Directed by
Omar Rashid
Written by
Production company
Gold
Rai Cinema
Produced by
Omar Rashid
Alessandro Mancini
Luca Fortino
Cast
Matilde Gioli
Vinicio Marchioni
Editing
Sasan Baha
Music
Luca Fortino
Sound design
Luca Fortino
Graphics
Azzurra Giuntini
Post-production studio
Sasan Baha
Cosimo Lombardelli
Awards
PlayStation VR and Littlstar, Rai Cinema VR Stories (2020) · CineVR, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin (2021) · Anteo Rai Cinema VR space, Milan (2023) · Prix Italia 2023