Playing God
(Italy/2025/9′)
A clay sculpture comes to life in the darkness of a workshop, surrounded by strange creatures…
Burani Matteo Director
Matteo Burani Writer
Gianmarco Valentino Writer
Arianna Gheller Producer
Nicolas Schmerkin Producer
Gianmarco Valentino Editing
Matteo Burani Editing
Matteo Burani Graphic design, Art direction
Arianna Gheller Graphic design, Art direction
Arianna Gheller Animation
Pierre Morin Compositing
Saliha Sittler Compositing
Chiara Ziveri Special Effects
Sole Piccininno Sets
Matteo Burani Sets
Guglielmo Trautvetter Camera
Pier Danio Forni Music
Quentin Robert Sound design, Sound editing
Ivan Savelyev Foley
Raphael Seydoux Mix
Matteo Burani Writer
Gianmarco Valentino Writer
Arianna Gheller Producer
Nicolas Schmerkin Producer
Gianmarco Valentino Editing
Matteo Burani Editing
Matteo Burani Graphic design, Art direction
Arianna Gheller Graphic design, Art direction
Arianna Gheller Animation
Pierre Morin Compositing
Saliha Sittler Compositing
Chiara Ziveri Special Effects
Sole Piccininno Sets
Matteo Burani Sets
Guglielmo Trautvetter Camera
Pier Danio Forni Music
Quentin Robert Sound design, Sound editing
Ivan Savelyev Foley
Raphael Seydoux Mix
Matteo Burani
Matteo Burani is an Italian stop motion director. His experience in the field began when he founded Studio Croma in 2010. He began his career in animation as a self-taught puppet maker and character designer working on several stop motion projects over the years. Experimenting with different artistic languages in the field of animation, he began his career as a director by directing various videoclips, commercials and short films. Currently he is responsible for the puppet department supervision, the direction and the screenwriting of Studio Croma’s projects.
