Anna Marziano
FARSI SEME
Italia, Svizzera 2024, 10’
“Years ago, I thought of putting together fragments filled with dynamism, moving images of anything that would blossom, spark, or open up. It would have been a movie dealing with vital energy in all its forms; I guess it had to do with my upcoming thirtieth birthday. Over time, I believe the mood of this project eroded. Farsi seme is silent. Silent like the plants that surround us. Silent like the seeds that I began to collect in places where I would go for a walk. Collecting blood, collecting seeds. The power of seeds represented the intersection of solidarity and singularity: it wasn’t only a no-longer-being-a-flower. There was a multiplicity of forms, a lushness, the intricate delicacy of their forms… I thought of translating venous and menstrual bloods into two different natural pigments, hematite and rubia tinctorum”. (Anna Marziano)
Anna Marziano, the protagonist of a Focus on the 2023 Pesaro Film Festival, graduated as a d.o.p. from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and then studied directing at Ateliers Varan. She participated in the Fresnoy Studio National. Her films, which experiment with the essay and poetry forms, have been presented internationally in festivals and art spaces. Marziano taught film directing at the Göttingen University, Brera Academy, Srishti Institute Bangalore. She was an artist-in-residence at the BangaloREsidency/Goethe Institut and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Idea, camera, montaggio, produzione:
Anna Marziano
Questo film è stato realizzato grazie alla residenza artistica Utopiana (Ginevra) 2023-2024.)
Color grading:
Armin Dierolf
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE
