Luigi Cuomo / Italy / 22’ / 2024

There are moments in life that bring you closer to another person in a deep and visceral way, especially in a father-son relationship. Those moments, when you experience them, you recognize them. But life is bound to flow and those moments to fade, just as it does for people. In the end, the memories remain. Dyspnea is a documentary constructed from underwater stock footage from the director’s father’s digital archive. The images are woven into an intimate, fuzzy, sweet and fierce narrative. The lack of oxygen and attachment to life make it candidly human.

Editing by Luigi Cuomo
Sound editing by Stefano Grosso
Color correction Antonio Cafiero
Production and distribution Red Couch Pictures

Luigi Cuomo
Luigi Cuomo is a filmmaker, editor and lecturer in film theory and technique. After a degree in Intercultural Communication with an anthropological focus, he trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He directed Constellazioni (Visions du Réel, best documentary at the Naples Film Festival), Nelle ossa (2022) and Dyspnea (2024). As an editor he has signed La piazza della mia città – Bologna and Lo Stato Sociale and the short film Lampi. He is founder of the distribution company Red Couch Pictures. He curates training projects at the Avellino Provincial Mediatheque through the Officina Cinema project. He collaborates with various festivals in the technical department and is a selector for the Laceno d’Oro Film Festival.