Winner Short-Video Competition 2019

Clown by Chiara Viale is the winner of the Short-Video Competition at the Italian Fusion Festival.

Chiara Viale is an Italian born writer, director and producer based in Ireland. After obtaining a degree in English as a Foreign Language and Literature in Milan, she went on studying screenwriting in Dublin and she began making independent films. Since then she has written, directed and taken part numerous short films. In 2017 she started her first Independent Feature Film ‘The New Music’, which has reached completion in 2019. She is also co-founder of the Dublin based independent production company Built To Fail Productions.

Writer and Director: Chiara Viale
Cinematography: Alexandra Vetter
Sound Recordists: Shane Quinn, Tom Lenihan
Make-up artist: Fabiana Sasella
Colour and Sound Mix: Philip Kidd
Music: Kieran Lane
Cast: Paul Cullen (Alex), Bríd Flood (Mother), Cilléin McEvoy (Man), Jake O’Loughlin (Young Alex) Barbara Soares (Girl), Vito Morano (TV Clown)
Year: 2017
Duration: 6:00
Synopsis: A clown gets ready for a sinister performance and takes us on a journey through the darkest corners of his mind.