DE OCCULTA IMAGINE
Written and directed by Stefano P. Testa
Short-Experimental-Documentary, Italy, 2024, 16′

Music by: Luca Severino
Editing: Stefano P. Testa
Production: Fondazione AAMOD
Made as part of the artist residency “Unarchive. Suoni & Visioni”

Synopsis
De Occulta Imagine, or a short essay on alchemical transmutation of moving images in which the Spagyric Art is exercised with the intention of extracting Mercurial Spirit from the metals of the Audiovisual Archive of the Labor and Democratic Movement.

Screenings
UnArchive – Found Footage Fest / Rome, Italy, 2024
Sheffield DocFest / Sheffield, UK, 2024
Kortfilmfestivalen / Grimstad, Norway, 2024
Riprendersi / Torino, Italy, 2024
ARKIPEL Jakarta Documentary & Experimental Film Festival / Jakarta, Indonesia, 2024
Digerati Experimental Media Festival / Denver, USA, 2024
L’Ètrange Festival / Paris, France
Bergen Unstable Film Festival / Bergen, Norway, 2024
Antimatter [Media Art] / Victoria, BC, Canada, 2024
ULTRAcinema / Tepic, Mexico, 2024
FLIGHT Mostra Internazionale del cinema di Genova / Genova, Italy, 2024
Short Circuit / Brighton, UK, 2024
Tehran International Short Film Festival / Tehran, Iran, 2024

FrontDoc / Aosta, Italy, 2024
Magma – Mostra di cinema breve / Acireale, Italy, 2024
Beijing ISFF / Beijing, China, 2024
CinemaZERO / Trento, Italy, 2024
The Next Generation Short Film Festival / Bari, Italy, 2024
Pragueshorts Film Festival / Prague, Czech Republic, 2025
Abbàida Film Festival / Sassari, Italy, 2025
Bandapart – Festival del cinema in pellicola / Genova, Italy, 2025
Short Film Day – Italian Short Film Center / Northern Hemisphere, 2025

Reviews
● Short Circuit