THE WELL

“I love this genre with all my heart. It speaks to the human soul, delves into our most recondite fears, and loses its way in meanders of darkness, clinging to a ray of light. The Well takes strong emotions to the extreme, shattering the border between reality and fantasy, good and evil, life and death. You’ll discover new recesses of evil.” (Federico Zampaglione)

Federico Zampaglione, with his band Tiromancino, has become one of Italy’s most popular singer-songwriters, acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. What’s more, Zampaglione has always been a fan of the horror genre. In 2004, he asked Lamberto Bava to direct the music video for “Amore Impossible”, a tribute to the film Danger: Diabolik by Mario Bava (1968). In 2006, he made his directorial debut with the film Nero Bifamiliare, a black comedy starring Claudia Gerini. Two years later, he made his first horror film, Shadow, which premiered at Noir in Festival, just like his next film, Tulpa (2012), the latter in competition. During the lockdown in 2020, Zampaglione created, directed, edited and produced first the short horror film Bianca, then Phase 2. Previously, in 2017, he had published his first novel, Dove tutto è a metà, co-written with Giacomo Gensini and adapted for the big screen in 2001, under the title Morrison. The Well is his third horror film and was selected for Sitges.