My name is Andrea Franchino, film director and visual designer.
Below you will find some of my works so far.
Thank you for your attention.
CINEMA
TU CHE FORSE VEDRAI IL SOLE
Short film (21'), 2021
SYNOPSIS
In the Middle Ages, in the piedmont mountains, clashes between heretics and crusaders rage, sowing terror and violence. Agata lives in a monastery in the woods, sheltered from these events. One day, while she is out, foraging wood with the other nuns, she finds a wounded and dying man and tries to help him. Mother Marta, the abbess, convinced that she is facing an erethic, a “dolciniano”, orders her to abandon him. As they go away, the man expires.
Agata, tormented by feelings of guilt and wondering what is right, despite the abbess's contrary orders and the danger that seems to lurk in the woods, returns to the man, to try to give dignity to the body and watch over it in prayer.
At the first light of dawn, she returns to the monastery. She goes to the church, under the astonished eyes of the other nuns. Mother Martha joins her in the building. The woman orders Agata to disown her actions, as punishment for what she has done; if she does not, the retaliation will be even worse, and she will have to leave. Agata, firmly beliving in the rightness of her actions, decides to live the monastery, facing the uncertainty of the surrounding world.
The short film was included in the selection of shorts in the Upcoming Talents competition of the 57th Solothurn Film Festival (2022).
TRAILER
PIETRA/HOME - In un pomeriggio di pioggia
Short film (1'30"), 2021
Project created for the Locarno Film Festival and the PlaySuisse streaming platform, screened on the occasion of the 75th Locarno Film Festival (2021), on the Piazza Grande screen.
INFINITI PASSI
Documentary (22’), directed by Reto Gelshorn,
direction of photography by Andrea Franchino
VIDEOMAKING
TIKTAALIK
Presentation concert of Blake C.S. Franchetto's album "Tiktaalik" at the Falcone-Borsellino Auditorium in Ivrea.
Blake C.S. Franchetto (contrabass) and Claudio Vignali (piano).
Below you can find an excerpt from the concert.
I participated in the project as camera operator and video editor.
PHOTOGRAPHY
AZIENDA AGRICOLA FRANCHINO
Photos shot for the e-commerce site (currently under construction) of my family business.