Shorts and video (English)

MARTINO NICOLETTI, PAWO: UN RITUALE ORACOLARE TIBETANO (PAWO: A TIBETAN ORACULAR RITUAL)   A video-documentary devoted to an ecstatic shamanic séance, conducted by a Tibetan living oracle (pawo). Pawo: un rituale oracolare [...]

ROMANO MASTROMATTEI & MARTINO NICOLETTI, AMA BOMBO: A TAMANG SHAMANESS OF NEPAL   A video-documentary devoted to an ecstatic shamanic séance, conducted by a shamaness belonging to the [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, LANDSCAPES ENJOYED FROM THE TOP OF A SEVERED HEAD   Through the convulsive images of a short video clip, an unusual outlook over the abyssal city of Kathmandu. Landscapes enjoyed from [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, NEPAL: APRIL 2006. A RHAPSODY FOR A MISSED REVOLUTION   In April 2006, a violent civil war brought about the fall of the monarchy in Nepal – the last theocracy in [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, CHÖD: THE SACRIFICE OF THE SELF   In the heart of the Himalayas a few rare practitioners – followers of Bön, the ancient pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet – undertake a long [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, KULUNGE SUPER 8   The eye of an old super-8 camera offers an oneiric interpretation of the world and the life of the Kulunge, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group, settled in one [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, THE NINE DOORS   The Nine Doors, by Martino Nicoletti. A cine-poem inspired by the Hesiodean myth of the god-like race of hero-men. A work dedicated to the memory of Romano [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, I MUST NOT LOOK YOU IN THE EYES: THE ZOO OF THE GIRAFFE WOMEN   This super-8 short, shot in Thailand, is devoted to the ethnic tourism among the Kayan minority. Known [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, MEKONG REFLECTIONS   Shot with a Super-8 cine-camera, a cine-poem devoted to the Mekong River and to the Champasak area in southern Laos. Mekong Reflections (2013) Directed by Martino Nicoletti, sound [...]

MARTINO NICOLETTI, WATER MEMORY   Inspired by the texts of ancient Orphic gold tablets and created thanks to the combination of pinhole photography and music, this cine-poem present a visionary narration of an initiatory afterlife: [...]