Alice Riva
Production
Biography
Born in 1989 in Lugano, Alice Riva began her training in film at the Haute école d’art et de design in Geneva. She made three short films, ENTRE VILLE ET CAMPAGNE (2010), CINÉPOÈME AVEC MAINS (2010) and CHIANG MAI BANGKOK (2011). IL VULCANO (2012) is her graduation film.
Known For
In the intimacy of their rooms, Claude-Emmanuelle, Régina, and Nicole apply makeup in front of mirrors. Their precise, repetitive gestures become rituals of transformation and self-affirmation. Fragments of past, secret thoughts, and desires emerge through their voices. Interwoven with images of the city, the film links private experiences to the universal, exploring destinies that brush against each other without ever crossing paths.
A Room of Their Own
Sam is a young man who has lost his will to live. Nothing can bring him back to his loved ones, and the more time passes, the further he drifts away, approaching oblivion. In the prison of daily life that confines him, only a story he read as a child seems to still hold any meaning.