Spring Waltz | Valzer della primavera
Stefano Lorenzi, Clelia Catalano
Italy | 2023 | 11’33
A man and a woman separated by a wall. However, their love doesn’t accept divisions, barriers, obstacles. They are a couple of street artists: freedom runs in their veins. The man can’t tolerate the ‘death strip’ that separates him from her. And day after day he tries to return to her arms.
Direction: Stefano Lorenzi, Clelia Catalano
Animation: Grafimated Cartoon srl
Screenplay: Stefano Lorenzi
Editing: Donato Sileo
Sound Design: Thomas Giorgi
Music: Bruno Falanga
Producer: Guja Quaranta, Aurelia Musumeci Greco
Production: Masi Film, Neutra Productions, Laser Film
Stefano Lorenzi
Stefano Lorenzi has worked as assistant director and collaborator of Spike Lee, Abel Ferrara, Abbas Kiarostami, Mario Monicelli and Paolo Virzì. He directed the documentary Genoa without answers (2002), and in 2003 he realised Nunca máis – The black tide, that was awarded with a special mention in Turin at the Cinema Ambiente Film Festival. He has worked with Mediaset, Rai, and his films were screened in many prestigious festivals as Venice and Moscow.
Clelia Catalano
Clelia Catalano was born in 1985 in Palermo, and she is an illustrator, costume designer and 2D animation videomaker. In 2009 she attended the illustration course at the International School of Comics in Florence, and in 2011 she exhibited her works at the Apulian Film Festival Finibus Terrae. She has collaborated with Ra Di Martino, creating the costumes for his art videos. She published illustrations, created music videos, and realised Spring Waltz in 2023.