Stefano P Testa

Italian documentary filmmaker Stefano P Testa has screened work in international film festivals His film ‘De Occulta Imagine’ premiered at Sheffield Docfest, going on to show in numerous festivals cross the globe. The film screened in ‘Treasure’ at Fabrica (October 2024) 

‘De Occulta Imagine’ -Every image has original meaning. And every image has potentially infinite meanings when re-placed and re-used in different contexts. Taking us on a deep dive into the Audio-visual Archive of the Labour and Democratic Movement in Italy, the director transforms images related to the ‘Southern Question’ – news reports and films from the 1960s that deal with the subordinate state of Southern Italy comparative to the North. Starting from these images of inequality, poverty, emigration, spirituality and superstition, De Occulta Imagine leans into the processes of alchemy.