What I Do: Docufilm on Street Artists in Shenzhen Premieres at Corto Dorico

The documentary 'What I Do' by Giacomo Bufarini (RUN) follows three international muralists—Run, Hitnes, and Jiamin Hu—who painted facades in Shenzhen, a Chinese megalopolis of 15 million, during the 2018 Architecture Biennale. Directed by Gastone Clementi with original music by Francesco Bufarini, Salvatore Rossano, Davide Barca, and Gianni Bonifazzi, the film explores the city as a container of visions and unexpected encounters, where painting merges signs, symbols, traditions, skyscrapers, and a frantic humanity chasing progress. It premieres at the XVI Corto Dorico Film Festival in Ancona from November 30 to December 8, competing among six finalists. Bufarini, who began graffiti in Ancona and later moved to London, describes his figures as universal matrices combining memories, cultures, and races, with grotesque yet non-caricatural features, often hiding eyes behind lenses. He emphasizes spontaneity, rejecting political messages, and sees street art as a craft rooted in community care. The film also touches on the 2008 Tate Modern exhibition that marked street art's separation from illegality.