UNBELIEVERS OVERVIEW
A journey that began at the Pesaro Film Festival, passed through cinemas,
and destined to remain as a generational cult.
A FILM THAT CONTINUES TO GROW DOWNHILL LIKE A SMALL SNOWBALL THAT BECOMES AN AVALANCHE
A film shot in just 12 nights, spread across three blocks over eight months, between September 2020 and June 2021. A crew armed with an Arri 416 and around fifty rolls of Kodak 16mm film wandering the streets, metros, airports, and hotels of Rome. A great passion for independent cinema and a desire to discover new methods of artistic cinematographic production. ‘I Don’t Believe in Anything’ has already been hailed as a generational cult classic.
DISTRIBUTED IN DCP (Digital Cinema Package) AND ON 35MM FILM
Presented at the Pesaro Film Festival in June 2023, the film was showcased at various other Italian festivals until its theatrical release on September 28 of the same year. Completely self-distributed by Dationa and Flickmates, the theatrical tour lasted eight months, with the director and cast meeting the audience. At each event, it was possible to purchase the film’s merchandise at a pop-up store in the cinema, which saw great success in sales. The tour will conclude in May 2024, with the screening of the film on Kodak 35mm film in major Italian cities.
UNBELIEVERS IN NUMBERS
DISTRIBUTION
The film has been screened in numerous regions of Italy, from North to South, making stops at the main cinemas across the peninsula, such as Troisi in Rome, Beltrade and Anteo in Milan, Visionario in Udine, and many others.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
- 59° Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema di Pesaro: Esordi Italiani
- Edera Film Festival Treviso 2023
- Inventa un Film Lenola 2023: Miglior Attrice (Demetra Bellina), Miglior Montaggio
- Not Film Festival: 2023: Miglior Regia
- Catania Film Fest: 2023: Miglior Film Indipendente Europeo
- Festival Visioni Verticali di Potenza 2023
- Ciak Film Festival 2024: Miglior Regia, Miglior Film, Miglior Attore Protagonista (Giuseppe Cristiano), Miglior Attrice Protagonista (Demetra Bellina), Miglior Attrice Non Protagonista (Jun Ichikawa), Miglior Attore Non Protagonista (Gabriel Montesi), Miglior Produttore
- Ciak D’Oro 2024: Finalista Miglior Regista Esordiente
- Festival del Cinema di Spello 2024: Premio al Miglior Montaggio
- Castiglione del Cinema 2024
A SOLD-OUT TOUR
INNOVATIVE STRATEGY
FILM REVIEWS:
Read the reviews from the main specialized
cinema magazines about the film.
“A potential generational cult, a debut feature demanding visibility, a further representative of the metropolitan (and nocturnal) ‘wave’ in the making within our cinema.”
Donato D’Elia
“Debut of the thirty-year-old Alessandro Marzullo presented at the 59th edition of the Pesaro Film Festival, pursues voluptuously – and with ambitious daring, like much of the new young Italian cinema.”
Fiaba Di Martino
“Alessandro Marzullo’s debut is an intangible journey into youth discomfort.”
Valeria Gennaro
“Four different youngsters who will never meet, in this film that aims high in terms of costumes and screenplay, drawing inspiration from great masters.”
Lidia Maltese
“The depth of nihilism reminded me of Bonifacio Angius’s The Giants. And it’s a compliment.”
Emanuele Di Nicola
“The film plays on aesthetics, on noise, on the blue of Roman nights, transforming the dreams of a fragmented generation into awkward and urban cinema.”
Damiano Panattoni
“A directorial debut with dark undertones, veiled by comedic lines, shot in an innovative manner against the backdrop of a degraded Rome…”
Martina Corvaia
