Nikola Lorenzin

Italy

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Based in Rome, Nikola Lorenzin is a director and cinematographer, as well as a renewable energy engineer. Co-founder of the Santabelva collective, he gained recognition with his debut feature documentary, Corpo dei Giorni, which won Best Film at the 2022 Turin Film Festival. That same year, his film La Sal Negra, for which he handled both direction and cinematography, received the Lo Scrittoio Subtitles Award at the Visioni dal Mondo Festival. His cinema is characterized by a rigorous visual approach, shaped by his dual technical and artistic expertise.

Filmography (1) +

🎨 Feature films (1)

2024 – Le Vol du Papillon de nuit (Il Vollo della Falena) Role : Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Synopsis : An engineer remains awake for two nights, waiting for his partner to return. Upon her arrival, he learns that a murder has been committed. Suspicion leads him from the hills to the sea, from one dawn to the next, through the darkness of a small town where he descends into a psychological wandering.

Synopsis : An engineer remains awake for two nights, waiting for his partner to return. Upon her arrival, he learns that a murder has been committed. Suspicion leads him from the hills to the sea, from one dawn to the next, through the darkness of a small town where he descends into a psychological wandering.

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« The province of Pisa, with its dry climate and rural landscapes, offers a striking contrast to the tormented interiority of the characters. The solitude of the country house amplifies the echoes of the conscience. Within this closed setting, the characters have no choice but to confront their own 'dust.' This topographical choice reinforces the psychological aspect of the genre, as it eliminates urban distractions to focus exclusively on the micro-interactions and silences that form the structure of the film. »
Director’s Statement, Nikola Lorenzin - Cinemaitaliano