De Occulta Imagine
The original meaning of a film’s images arise from the context in which they were filmed. But each shot can generate an infinite number of new meanings depending on how it is later used. De Occulta Imagine is a short essay on the alchemical transmutation of moving images in which the Spagyric Art is exercised with the intention of extracting the Mercurial Spirit from the metals of the Audiovisual Archive of the Labor and Democratic Movement.
- Italy
- 2024, 16 min
- Director: Stefano P. Testa
- Editor: Stefano P. Testa
- Screenplay: Stefano P. Testa
- Music: Luca Severino
- Sound: Riccardo Spagnol
- Producer: Luca Ricciardi
- Production: Fondazione AAMOD
Stefano P. Testa
Director, camera operator, video editor, colorist, and post-production technician Stefano P. Testa lives and works in Bergamo, Italy, where he collaborates on documentary films production with Lab 80 film and Bergamo Film Meeting. His first film, Moloch (2017), won the Best Documentary Award at Visioni Italiane in Bologna. The Second Principle of Hans Liebschner (2020) won the Prospettive Award at the Filmmaker Festival in Milan, the Popular Jury Award at the Linea D’Ombra Film Festival in Salerno, and more. Caro Mostro (2023) and De Occulta Imagine (2024) both premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest.