Short-Video Competition

Winner Short-Video Competition 2019

Clown by Chiara Viale is the winner of the Short-Video Competition at the Italian Fusion Festival.

Chiara Viale is an Italian born writer, director and producer based in Ireland. After obtaining a degree in English as a Foreign Language and Literature in Milan, she went on studying screenwriting in Dublin and she began making independent films. Since then she has written, directed and taken part numerous short films. In 2017 she started her  first Independent Feature Film ‘The New Music’, which has reached completion in 2019. She is also co-founder of the Dublin based independent production company Built To Fail Productions.

  • Writer and Director: Chiara Viale
  • Cinematography: Alexandra Vetter
  • Sound Recordists: Shane Quinn, Tom Lenihan
  • Make-up artist: Fabiana Sasella
  • Colour and Sound Mix: Philip Kidd
  • Music: Kieran Lane
  • Cast: Paul Cullen (Alex), Bríd Flood (Mother),  Cilléin McEvoy (Man), Jake O’Loughlin (Young Alex) Barbara Soares (Girl), Vito Morano (TV Clown)
  • Year: 2017
  • Duration: 6:00
  • Synopsis: A clown gets ready for a sinister performance and takes us on a journey through the darkest corners of his mind.

Short-Video Competition 2019 | Special Mention

Bright Eyed in the Mornin by Maria Fiorentini


Short-Video Competition | 2019 Audience Award

Abrasion by Sefora Castro