PLAYING GOD

In a workshop shrouded in shadows and disorder, where mysterious clay creatures accumulate, a tormented Sculptor creates a new and ambitious work. Driven by a distorted vision, he decides to abandon it, considering it unsuitable and imperfect.

Rejected as a failure and surrounded by the deafening voices of the other creatures, the sculpture attempts to follow its creator, but ends up destroying itself. In the act of self-destruction, it finally finds acceptance among the other rejected works, accepting a shared destiny of marginalisation and disillusionment.

Matteo Burani is an animation content director born in Bologna in 1991. Self-taught, his experience in stop motion began in 2010 by founding Studio Croma, for which he realised several projects as puppet maker and character designer. Experimenting with numerous animated languages, he made his debut as a director in 2017 directing video clips, commercials and short films. For Studio Croma he is now responsible for supervising the puppets department and takes care of the writing and directing of all projects.