THE NOSTALGIST directed and adapted by Giacomo Cimini, an LFS graduate, was awarded 1st prize - Best Short Film in the Generator 18+ (fiction) section of the Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni, Italy, 18-27 July 2014.
THE NOSTALGIST is a science fiction short film project based on Daniel H. Wilson‘s short story of the same name.
The film version was developed by Wonder Room Productions, a London-based film production company formed by writer/director/producer Giacomo Cimini (City in the Sky) and producers Tommaso Colognese and Pietro Greppi. The team assembled a crew of highly skilled professionals including DOP Gareth Munden, also an LFS graduate, and a cast led by Lambert Wilson (Of Gods and Men, The Matrix Reloaded) and Samuel Joslin (Paddington, The Impossible). The short was completed in May 2014 after an extensive period of VFX and post-production, headed by Milan and London-based post-production and VFX house Inky Mind, with key expertise in CG character creation provided by Barcelona-based MinimoVFX and extensive compositing work provided by London based NOSEAMS VFX.
VFX artist Giacomo Bargellesi additionally joined Wonder Room as a partner and co-producer and provided further overall VFX supervision for the company, heading up the 2D compositing work.
Wonder Room is currently working with Daniel H. Wilson on a treatment for a feature film adaptation, which will delve deeper into the unique dual world of the story.