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Browse 15 movies from Abduction Studios
A young man runs from his fate, which, inevitably, will catch up with him.
Feb 2023
A girl begins to choke and is assisted by her friend. Soon, the situation takes a surreal turn.
Someone from above has been observing us since the dawn of time... Some Italian ufologists retrace various historical events connected to UFO sightings and close encounters with extraterrestrial entities. In this journey back in time, the stories collected from various folk tales, essays, novels and religious books, will be narrated trying to confirm the reality of a form of life far from the parameters of human existence.
May 2023
The author describes himself in a short film using archival material in a provocative and deliberately humorous manner.
Nov 2022
"Volti" uses archival i footage to explore the theme of police brutality and the dehumanization of victims. Through a process of visual transformation, the human faces shown undergo a sort of symbolic castration due to the abuse, losing their humanity and breaking down into expressions of pain. Each face becomes a tragic mask, symbolizing the loss of identity and dignity inflicted by a system that no longer recognizes people, but only objects to control and repress. The film ends with an eerie silence, accompanied by a sequence of images showing faces now dead and devoid of meaning. These faces, stripped of any distinguishing features, merge into a disturbing gallery that represents the final stage of dehumanization: the complete erasure of individuality.
Apr 2023
Two street artists compete by playing on stereotypes.
Apr 2024
In an underground setting, a young man is about to commit disgraceful acts when his older friend and mentor tries to steer him back onto the right path.
Two friends are discussing a shocking revelation that another friend of theirs has just made.
Through excerpts from interviews and poems by the Russian author Boris Ryzij, his poetic vision and existential suffering are depicted, which will ultimately lead him to commit suicide at a young age.
Jan 2023
A young man walks despondently, evoking memories of a past that cannot return.
Dec 2022
An alternation of archival footage and original shots depicts the existential anguish of a lonely person.
Aug 2024
An alternation of archival images and original footage attempts to reconstruct the emotions and sensations evoked by silence and isolation.
Jun 2023
Three students discuss an audiovisual project to be submitted for a review. It is a metacinematic follow-up to Uno mattina.
A visual experiment, Redflections is a film that plays with contrasts to highlight the protagonist's features and the patterns that surround her.
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A teenager walks in the woods while being overwhelmed by his emotions.