Baccanti | Baccanti |
by
Emma Scarafiotti
Italy, 2025, 00:26:40Written and directed by Emma Scarafiotti
Choreographed by Emma Scarafiotti, Elisabetta Aiello
Performers / Dancers | Karolidou Aikaterini, Elisabetta Aiello, Marta Vergani, Viola Bartolozzi, Denise Valenti, Beatrice Dalla Paola, Alessia Filia, Silvia Colella
Director of Photography | Pietro Ronzoni
Producer | Giada Destro
Art Manager | Marta Bandini
Camera Crew
Steadicam Operator | Riccardo Vormstein
1st Assistant Camera | Francesco Eccli
2nd Assistant Camera | Leonardo Verzeri
Gaffer | Cristian Bogni
Grip | Francesco Galaverni
Original Music Score | Gianluca Iadema, Alberto Anhaus, Emma Scarafiotti
Sound Design & Music Effects | Matteo Gualeni Missing Ear
Synth Recordings | Paolo della Piana
Sound Mix | Matteo Gualeni-Missing Ear
Production Sound Mixer | Daniele Macchini
Sculptures prothesis | Martina Cioffi
Styling & Artistic Direction | Michele Scarafiotti
Make-up Artist | Noemi Auetasc
Scenography | Annapaola Loliva
Scenography Assistant | Sara B. Diaz
Color Grading | Pietro Ronzoni
Graphic Design | Sara Levarato
Archival Research | Giorgia Loliva
Production Coordinator | Virginia Ferretti
Production Assistant | Giulia Pini, Alessandro Mina
Conceived as a trilogy, the work recalls the tripartite structure of classical tragedy. Its title draws inspiration from Euripides’ final play and from the figure of the Maenads, followers of Dionysus: wild, animalistic, and subversive women, in stark opposition to the rigid roles imposed by Athenian society. In this context, femininity is no longer tied to cultural stereotypes or prescribed models, but emerges as a primal, sensitive, and rebellious force —capable of resisting an anthropocentric and patriarchal system built on domination and violence. At the center of the film is a metamorphic body, a liminal being inhabiting a symbolic threshold between species, identities, and states of consciousness.