Chiara Armentano

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  • Ming of Harlem. 21 Storeys in the Air.
    Ming of Harlem. 21 Storeys in the Air. (2014) Editor

    In October 2003, Antoine Yates was arrested for reckless endangerment following the discovery of his cohabitation in a Harlem high-rise with Ming, a five-hundred-pound tiger and Al, a seven-foot alligator. This beautifully crafted, haunting documentary explores the story of Yates and combines this with filmic observation of predators in domesticated geographies.

  • RAY
    RAY (2015) Editor

    Ray is about addiction and control. Alcohol makes Ray a prisoner in his own bedroom. Liz arrives periodically, for money. Sid and Liz battle for control of Ray, Sid with alcohol and Liz with the lure of being reunited. This film has been re-edited and included in then feature film drama "RAY & LIZ", 2018.

  • Unmourned
    Unmourned (2019) Editor

    Cara is a damaged, semi-institutionalised child, seeking connection but unable to empathise with others. Alma is a Lithuanian teenager caring for her younger sister Maija. When the sisters visit the hospital where Cara is a long-term patient, Cara is quick to spot parentless outsiders like herself. But it’s Alma she’s after, and Maija is in the way... Set in a hostile world where subjective sounds fill empty space and words retreat into the walls, Unmourned tracks the skewed perceptions and barely-felt hungers of a strange and dangerous girl.

  • The Scarecrows
    The Scarecrows (2020) Editor

    Set against the backdrop of an isolated society challenged by aging communities, Route 439 is the story of a dying Japanese village and its struggle for survival as its residents use peculiar methods to save the village.

  • The Moon Child
    The Moon Child (2021) Editor

    Ara, a young bedridden girl is trapped in her room. The nights are easier for her as the moon gives her comfort and revives her. She reads as much as she can and wants to learn about her Caribbean history and religion. One night a lunar visitor helps her transcend her physical bonds and find the answers she so desperately needs. This film explores the themes of religion, slavery and freedom of choice.

  • HELLO STRANGER
    HELLO STRANGER (2022) Editor

    Hello stranger is a personal film, which follows director Beryl Richards’ adopted son on his turbulent journey from the age of one to adulthood.Joe’s world is recorded on many different formats and his story told from the contrasting perspectives of mother, father and son.

  • HUMANS
    HUMANS (2021) Editor

    In an imagined near future, humans have lost their ability to feel, touch and smell. Deprived of physical sensations, the once human mannequins still have memories of what life was like before. As we hear their stream of consciousness through a narrated poetic text, we share the mannequins’ memories of beauty, nature and close human contact as they journey through a montage of projected images. We learn to feel what it was like to be human. The concept was conceived at the very beginning of the pandemic. With the many months of social distancing and prolonged lockdowns, the missed feelings of being human have become evermore intense.

  • DEAD SUSAN
    DEAD SUSAN (2021) Editor

    An eleven-year-old meets with a grief counsellor as she comes to terms with the death of her best friend, but finds she can’t keep anything secret from him.​​Inspired by the song of the same name by Talis Kimberley, who contributed a new version of the song ​to the credits sequence. Dead Susan explores the end of childhood and the innocence associated with it, with the often intense nature of childhood female friendship taken to a dramatic extreme.

  • SONAR
    SONAR (2022) Editor

    Sarah swims alone in a lido late at night. The only sounds are those of her strokes and the gentle hum of the generator, until; A sonar sound bursts through the night air to cause a power surge which transforms Sarah’s world into darkness. As the sonar sound intensifies, Sarah realises it is coming from the deep end of the swimming pool. With a deep breath, she dives down to investigamyste…

  • MAGUIRE: COME DOWN
    MAGUIRE: COME DOWN (2021) Editor

    'Will you catch me...? - This question is one we should be asking of each other, of our surroundings and of ourselves. However this feels harder and harder to do as we grow older. Trusting that we will be caught is vital for jumping, transcending and going further than we think we can. How do we find the courage to trust? To jump?