Materia Oscura
Dark Matter
The film describes the “Poligono Sperimentale del Salto di Quirra”,
an area on Sardinia where governments from all over the world have tested new weapons for over 50 years and the Italian government
has blown up their outdated munitions, inexorably devastating the landscape. With the poetic sensibility characteristic of
the directors, the film enters into this environment and shows its silent everyday life. MATERIA OSCURA is a film about the
devastating cohabitation of elements of nature – including people – and the military-industrial complex.
Director's Biography
MASSIMO D'ANOLFI, born 1974 in Pescara, Italy. He started
out with video works in the early 1990s and ended up in full-fledged cinema. He has already made three documentaries together
with Martina Parenti, I PROMESSI SPOSI (The Betrothed, 2006, doc), GREAT EXPECTATIONS (2009, doc) and IL CASTELLO (The Castle,
2012, doc; CE '12). MARTINA PARENTI, born 1972 in Milan, Italy. She makes documentaries for cinema and television. MATERIA
OSCURA (Dark Matter, 2013, doc) is her latest project in collaboration with Massimo D'Anolfi and was screened in Berlinale
2013's Forum section.
European Panorama Documentary 2013
Massimo D'Anolfi
Italy 2013
color & black and white
80 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Massimo D‘Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Cinematography
Massimo D‘Anolfi
Editing
Massimo D‘Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Sound/Sounddesign
Martina Parenti
Music Massimo Mariani
Production
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