Clemente Lohr
Directing
Biography
Since joining the industry in 2019, Clemente has written 9 short films, 3 features as well as a draft pilot for a TV show. He has directed 6 short films, 3 music videos and been commissioned to direct a film piece for an art installation. He is currently in development for his first feature “Wild Is the Wind” and has just finished his ‘final’ short film “RED (with the green hair)” produced by xFIlm, Racket Pictures and Our House Pictures. Whilst occasionally directing other people's writing, most of his work has been self written and his films have gone on to win awards and been selected in festivals across the world. His short CANNED won ‘Best Experimental’ at BFI Future Fest, ‘Best Emerging Talent’ at New Renaissance Film Festival, official selection at Aesthetica Film Festival and was a finalist in the British Short Film Awards. His short film MUDLARK was nominated for ‘Best UK Short’ at Raindance Film Festival in 2021. His 2022 short film THROUGH THE MOTIONS was selected to play at the United Nations COP 27 Climate Change Conference. THE STORM (2023) has already been awarded "Best Uk Comedy” at NRFF and selections at LSFF, Bremen IFF, Snowdance FF and more. Additionally Clemente founded and runs a monthly short film night at Peckhamplex Cinema, London, which gives local, young or independent filmmakers an opportunity to show their films for free.
Known For
In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.
Industry
Emma embarks on a bureaucratic odyssey to get her life back after an administrative error leaves her legally dead.
Grave Error
After the death of his mother, Red, a 15 year-old outcast and self proclaimed 'player', takes a trip to the big city with his loyal, yet timid sidekick Billy, in an attempt to cure an ominous curse.
RED (with the green hair)
Haunted and lost, a young runaway searches the mudlands for a mysterious healing light. Is this liminal world trying to warn her, perhaps that true salvation comes from within? Ignoring the call, Jack heads further into the darkness.
Mudlark
Father Miguel is a catholic Mexican priest in charge of a small church of a working-class neighbourhood in London. He is deeply troubled with the current deterioration of society, and his desperation gets amplified when a tragic crime in his community makes him reach an emotional breaking point inside him, and he decides to try to seek justice by his own hand.
Padre
An actor's shot at stardom begins to unravel after he is confronted with a split second moral dilemma.
The Storm
Ellen, a mid 20s raver, whose lifestyle no longer covers the cracks in her mental psyche, tries desperately to find something hidden in her flat. Meanwhile, Vince, a proud yet naive "softboi", attempts to teach Ellen the meaning of love.
Canned
Through the Motions is an intimate, immersive sound and video installation exploring human engagement with Earth and nature. The film draws parallels between how we as humans harvest natural resources and exploit or trample them, with what we consider pragmatic and efficient.
Through the Motions
An experimental short film. A man awaits for a package to arrive at his home. When it does, it's not the object he is looking for, it's the person. Three metaphors converge into a grotesque horror story.
Breathe
After years apart, Dan and Lisa, both musicians and former partners, meet again on a cold autumn day in 1971. Resentment, pain and eerie secrets all lurk beneath the surface.