BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL 2023
BEST EXPERIMENTAL (2023)
BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (BEST EXPERIMENTAL)
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Eroica
Official Selection
| Title of Piece: | Eroica |
|---|---|
| Director: | Nathan De Pas Habib |
| Producer(s): | Fitzpatrick Gallery, Basement HQ, Robert Fitzpatrick, Francesco Crespi |
| Editor: | Jacopo Ramella Pajrin |
| Director of Photography: | Andrea Munafò |
| Production Design: | Marco Monti |
| Costume Design: | Sara Pamio |
| Hair & Makeup: | Clara Barbagallo |
| Music/Sound Design: | Chino Amobi, John Utterback, Andrea Sabbatini |
| Visual Effects: | 0608 |
| Writer: | Nathan De Pas Habib |
| Additional Credits: | Based on the book Eroica I, a novel by Chino Amobi |
| Additional Credits: | Colorist: Claudio Beltrami |
| Additional Credits: | Production Manager: Alice Bergamin |
| Additional Credits: | Set Designer Assistant: Adelaide Balsari |
| Additional Credits: | Cast: Chino Amobi, Shi Yang Shi, Delma Pompeo, Kal Dos Santos, Benit Alagbe |
| Instagram Tag: | @nathan_depashabib @chinoamobi @eroica__ @fitzpatrick_gallery @basementheadquarter |
| Short Synopsis: | Eroica is a magical realism episodic drama directed by Nathan de Paz Habib and based on Chino Amobi's namesake novel. Starring Amobi himself, the short film introduces the audience to the novel. The opening scene is set in a nondescript basement with an investigator receiving a report for a missing person. Through his investigation, he discovers archives that confirm Amobi’s death from onticide - a term recently used in African American philosophy to describe the killing of the self as the only way to gain one’s rights and achieve happiness. What follows are a series of flashbacks held within an atmosphere of tension and suspense, revealing the protagonist’s journey. Eroica is a macro project which explores contemporary mythology, starting as a novel, expanding into art through Chino Amobi’s paintings and music and developing into film. The aim is to portray Chino Amobi’s all encompassing odyssey through a multidisciplinary approach in which literature, art and cinema come together and complement one another. |
