THE EGGREGORES’ THEORY

He does not remember much from that time. Things have faded, like the color of a painting after too much light. The only thing that bothers him is this music. It keeps popping up… He thinks he forgot what it meant. All he knows, for sure, is that he cannot get it out of his head.

CREDITS

Director
 

Andrea Gatopoulos

Genre

Experimental, Animation, Sci-Fi

Duration15′

Nationality Italy


Voice by

David Rumsey


Produced by

Eliofilm
Il Varco Cinema
Naffintusi


Producers

Ariens Damsi
Luigi Mascolo
Marco Crispano
Andrea Gatopoulos
Orazio Guarino
Marco Santoro


Editing and script supervisor

Zhenia Kazankina


Editing, titles and vfx

Andrea Gatopoulos
Ai-generation

Andrea Gatopoulos
Audio post-production

FULLCODE
Sound design & mix

Tommaso Barbaro
Sound editing

Luca Canzano
Additional music

Giorgio Labagnara

International Sales

Gargantua Film

Contact

Gargantua Film
administration@gargantuafilm.it

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2024 World Premiere – Opening Film

39. Settimana Internazionale della Critica Festival del Cinema di Venezia

2024 Onassis Award, Best Script Award

30. Athens International Film Festival

2024 – OSCAR ® / EFA ® / BAFTA ® QUALIFYING Official Selection

43. Uppsala Short Film Festival

2024 – OSCAR ® QUALIFYING Official Selection

53. Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

2024 Special Screenings

34. Message to Man International Film Festival

2024 Official Selection

7. El Gouna Film Festival

2024 – OSCAR ® / BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Grand Award and EFA Nomination Winner

66. ZINEBI Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films

2024 Official Selection

6. Castrovillari Film Festival

2024 Official Selection

42. Sulmona International Film Festival

2024 Official Selection

1. AI.motion – Festival Italiano del Cinema e dell’Audiovisivo con l’Intelligenza Artificiale

2024 Official Selection

12. Bosphorus Film Festival

2024 Best Short Film

16. Gargano FilmFest

2024 – BAFTA ® QUALIFYING Official Selection

22. London Short Film Festival

2024 Special Screening during the How to survive a robot apocalypse Masterclass

12. Ajyal Film Festival

2024 Opening Film New Aesthetic Program

18. KFFK – Kurzfilmfestival Köln

2024 Official Selection

21. Accordi @ DISACCORDI – Festival internazionale del cortometraggio

2024 Official Selection

21. Corto Dorico Film Festival

2024 Best Short Film

8. Beijing International Short Film Festival

2024 Official Selection

20. Festival del Cortometraggio Mediterraneo – Passaggi D’Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei

2024 Official Selection

2. Cagliari Essay Film

2024 Official Selection

36. Aguilar Film Festival

2024 Official Selection

17. Festival CinemaZERO

2024 Miglior Film d’Artista

8. The Next Generation Short Film Festival

2025 – BAFTA, OSCAR ® QUALIFYING Official Selection

47. Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

2025 Official Selection

25. Landshut Short Film Festival

2025 Official Selection

9. IBIZACINEFEST – Ibiza International Independent Film Festival

2025 Official Selection

16. Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival

2025 Best Concept Award

12. Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival

2025 Official Selection

19. Prague Shorts Film Festival

2025 Official Selection

12. ClujShorts International Short Film Festival

2025 – OSCAR ® / EFA ® QUALIFYING Generation XYZ Competition Winner

55. Tampere Film Festival

2025 Lucid Dream Category Winner

3. Lucid Dream Festival

2025 Official Selection

40. VIDEOFORMES Hybrid and Digital Arts

2024 Official Selection

20. 20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt