Directed by Francesca Svampa

During quarantine, the director has been invited to make a film about her lockdown experience.
To face this challenge, she draws images from her memory —and archive—, to remind herself which way to move.

“How to shoot flowers” is a personal essay film where artistic creation and personal expression become the medium to think and process life.

The result is an essay film about filmmaking and life as a creative act.

• ULTRAcinemaMorelos
  Mexico
  October 13, 2022
  Official Selection

• Matiff – Matera Art International Film FestivalMatera
  Italy
  September 21, 2022
  National
  Critics Award

• Contra el Silencio Todas las vocesMexico City
  Mexico
  November 9, 2022
  Official Selection

• Lift-Off Filmmaker SessionsIver
  United Kingdom
  January 12, 2023
  Official Selection

• Festival Internacional Cine de AméricaPachuca
  Mexico
  October 10, 2022
  Official Selection

• Black Cat Award International Film FestivalLa Paz
  Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  November 11, 2022
  Bolivian Premiere
  Official Selection

• KINÉ – Muestra Internacional de CortometrajesPuebla
  Mexico
  January 18, 2022

• FINDECOINAnzoátegui
  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  February 22, 2023

• Puerto Viejo Film FestivalPuerto Viejo
  Ecuador
  December 19, 2022

• Pennine Film FestivalRossendale
  United Kingdom
  March 30, 2023
  Official Selection

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  Francesca is an Italian filmmaker and Visual Artist.
  She graduated in MFA specialized in Essay Film from EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión) in Cuba.
  She works in analogue and digital films and her production includes documentary, essay, experimental films and video art pieces.
  Her work has been selectad in several Film and Art Festivals (Bellaria Film Festival, Alcances, DOC Buenos Aires, Athens International Film + Video, L’Alternativa, among others) around the world.

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