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Alma

Written on . Posted in Animazioni 6. Contemporary Italian Short Films.

Michelangelo Fornaro
Italia, 2019 / 11’31

Direction, Animation, Sculptures, Production, Distribution: Michelangelo Fornaro; Stop Motion Animation: Eleonora Pacciani; Music and Sound Design: Tranquillino Minerva.

A journey from darkness to light. Alma reveals a man’s metamorphosis when faced with his fears and sudden revelations. The quest for our essence drives us towards changeable conditions, just like the substance we’re made of.

Michelangelo Fornaro (Pomigliano d’Arco 1976) in 2004 studied at the Scuola Nazionale del Cinema in Turin, specializing in stop motion. After that, he worked in England as an Art Director for live action films and as stop motion model maker for the production of some tv series. He has taught Animation and Mapping Projection at IED in Rome.