The Thing At The Top Of The Stairs

Film

Original Title (If different):

La Cosa In Cima Alle Scale

Language:

Italian

Other languages or subtitles:

English

Production country:

Italy

Running time (In minutes):

Theme:

Horror films

Category/Format:

Short films

Student film:

Film URL Site:

http://www.thethingatthetopofthestairs.com/

Poster:

lcicas_poster.jpg

Production year:

November, 2011

Film Credits

About the Director:

Born in 1974. Graduated at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (1997) Directed: "The Net", 1995 ( http://vimeo.com/13278446 ) "La Cosa In Cima Alle Scale", 2011 Jumping between UI Design and moviemaking at this very moment.

Film director:

Michele Torbidoni

Producer:

Daniele galvani

Screenplay:

Michele Torbidoni (loosely based upon a short story by Ray Bradbury)

Editing:

Walter Fasano

Film photographer:

Angelo Stramaglia

Sound:

Gianluca Costamagna

Music:

Pietro De Gregorio, Roberto Ferretti

Art Director:

Salvatore Simone

Costume:

Stefania Cempini

Cast 1:

Gianluca D'Ercole

Cast 2:

Luigi Moretti

Cast 3:

Gaia Benassi

Cast 4:

Alberto Valletta

Cast 5:

Tiberio Fiori

Film synopsis:

Pietro, a young software developer, loses his flight and choose to spend some time in the small town where he's born. He can't know he will never come back. He'll find a place where memories begin to materialize to unveil a terrible secret. Something that Pietro removed from his mind. Something that he forgot. And for a very good reason.

Budget

Budget Range:

Between $100 000 and $10 000

Actual Budget:

€ 25000

Technical infos

Original Film Format:

Format Ratio:

2.35:1

Film Sound:

5.1

Video master available ?:

Yes

Video Type:

DCP 2K (Dolby Digital 5.1), .mov 1080p (Stereo), Bluray 1080p (Dolby Digital), Bluray 1080p (Stereo)

Number of reels:

Festival Selection, Awards...

Festival selection, awards or citation already received and other comments... :

Already selected in a Festival?:

Yes

Festival selections:

NYC Winter Film Awards;
Green Bay Film Festival;
Madrid International Film Festival

Awards received:

Film reviews:

(all italian language reviews) BEST MOVIE - Grindhouse (il Blog di Roberto de Feo) http://blogs.bestmovie.it/robertodefeo/2011/12/14/la-cosa-in-cima-alle-scale-wow/ RAPPORTO CONFIDENZIALE http://www.rapportoconfidenziale.org/?p=19079 CINEMIO http://cinemio.it/film-italiani/michele-torbidoni-la-cosa-in-cima-alle-scale/14201/ FRENKCINEMA http://www.frenckcinema.altervista.org/portale/?q=content%2Fle-corto-recensioni-di-frenckcinema-la-cosa-cima-alle-scale

Film distribution

Sales/distribution name:

Michele Torbidoni

Address:

via Senigallia, 22 60033 Chiaravalle (AN) - ITALY

Email:

michele.torbidoni@gmail.com

Publicity Infos

Publicity contact:

Michele Torbidoni

publicity address:

via Senigallia, 22 60033 Chiaravalle (AN) - ITALY

Publicity contact email:

michele.torbidoni@gmail.com

Trailer availble:

yes