Synopsis
With properly tuned ImmerSyst eyes™ & ears™ the futuristic city of Vanille can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his son threatens to disintegrate when the father’s Immersyst begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his own traumatic reality, the man must venture into a city where violence and danger brew beneath a veneer of beautiful illusion.
| Original Title | The Nostalgist |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | Generator +18 |
| Tipology | Short Film, Fiction |
| Duration | 17' 40'' |
| Nationality | Italy, United Kingdom |
| Directed by | Giacomo Cimini |
| Screenplay | Giacomo Cimini |
| Based on the book | based on the short story by |
| by | Daniel H. Wilson |
| Director of photography | Gareth Munden |
| Editor | Eleanor Infante |
| Animation | Gerald Dedel |
| Production Design | Chris Richmond |
| Costume Design | Natasha Billingham |
| Sound | Emanuele Costantini |
| Make up | Alessandro Bertolazzi |
| Music | Lorenzo Piggici |
| Visual Effects | Jean Claude Nouchy Giacomo Bargellesi |
| Art Director | Davide Chiesa |
| Main cast |
Lambert Wilson Samuel Joslin Scott Hinds Darrell D'Silva |
| Produced by | Giacomo Cimini, Tommaso Colognese, Pietro Greppi |
Giacomo Cimini
A London-based filmmaker represented by leading talent agencies CAA and Casarotto Ramsay, Giacomo Cimini, born in Rome in 1977, is the writer/director of the short film City in the Sky, which premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival and has gone on to achieve international distribution on iTunes. He also directed the 8-part TV series Delitti for Fox Italy and is currently a lecturer at London’s Met Film School. He recently completed the sci-fi short film The Nostalgist based on Daniel H. Wilson’s short story of the same name. Cimini has now several projects in development at Wonder Room Productions, including a feature film version of The Nostalgist.
