Christian 'Kang' Bachini
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Christian Bachini is an Italian filmmaker born in Parma, in the wonderful region of Emilia Romagna. His passion for filmmaking began at a very early age and action, adventure and horror soon became his favorite genres.
At age 23, Christian moved to Asia in order to pursue his dream of becoming a Martial Arts actor. He established himself in Shanghai under the art name "Kang", a word that in Chinese means "to counter and resist". Beginning to work first as an extra and a stuntman, he went on to obtain a series of supporting actor roles, and finally he became lead actor and fight choreographer in a series of local productions like "Mao Pai Sha Shou/Fake Killer", "Xia Dao Zhi Zhun/Break a Dead Lock" and "Xia Dan Long Xin", becoming one of the few accomplished Mandarin-speaking foreign actors working in Shanghai.
During his Years in China he also became an advocate of Chinese-Western co-productions by working side by side with Italian Film Festivals to promote meetings between Chinese and European Producers.
After many Years spent in Shanghai, Christian's passion for the horror genre came knocking. In 2021 he decides to leave Asia behind and step behind the camera to debut as director with his short film "Escalation", a "proof of concept" film which went on to become one of the most successful horror shorts in the Festival Circuit between 2022/23 collecting more than 80 awards at some of the World's Top Film Festivals according to MovieMaker magazine, including a double victory at the Academy Award Qualifying "Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival" for Best Horror Short and Best Practical FX.
Top genre movie news outlets such as Dread Central, Geek Tyrant and Rue Morgue celebrated "Escalation" as one of the most brutal, innovative and fun horror cinema experiences of recent times while movie magazines like Deadline and MovieMaker praised the film for the no-hold barred challenges endured by Christian behind the scenes as he took care of most aspects of production himself, from writing to set design to cinematography and editing.
At age 23, Christian moved to Asia in order to pursue his dream of becoming a Martial Arts actor. He established himself in Shanghai under the art name "Kang", a word that in Chinese means "to counter and resist". Beginning to work first as an extra and a stuntman, he went on to obtain a series of supporting actor roles, and finally he became lead actor and fight choreographer in a series of local productions like "Mao Pai Sha Shou/Fake Killer", "Xia Dao Zhi Zhun/Break a Dead Lock" and "Xia Dan Long Xin", becoming one of the few accomplished Mandarin-speaking foreign actors working in Shanghai.
During his Years in China he also became an advocate of Chinese-Western co-productions by working side by side with Italian Film Festivals to promote meetings between Chinese and European Producers.
After many Years spent in Shanghai, Christian's passion for the horror genre came knocking. In 2021 he decides to leave Asia behind and step behind the camera to debut as director with his short film "Escalation", a "proof of concept" film which went on to become one of the most successful horror shorts in the Festival Circuit between 2022/23 collecting more than 80 awards at some of the World's Top Film Festivals according to MovieMaker magazine, including a double victory at the Academy Award Qualifying "Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival" for Best Horror Short and Best Practical FX.
Top genre movie news outlets such as Dread Central, Geek Tyrant and Rue Morgue celebrated "Escalation" as one of the most brutal, innovative and fun horror cinema experiences of recent times while movie magazines like Deadline and MovieMaker praised the film for the no-hold barred challenges endured by Christian behind the scenes as he took care of most aspects of production himself, from writing to set design to cinematography and editing.
