Anna is growing up. She’s just turned 7-years-old. Stefano, and Margherita, want to surprise her, teaming up while a series of unexpected events happen. The awkwardness and stubbornness of their family ritual, makes a father and a young receptionist dive into an unusual night adventure to find a secret and ‘magical’ way to communicate without words.
ITALIAN
Ennio è un ex disegnatore professionista che non ha superato il lutto della moglie, rifugiandosi in una quotidianità sociopatica e illusoria fatta di tempera e acquarelli. E' il 31 dicembre, Ennio si prepara a raggiungere
la sua amata per la mezzanotte. Recuperati una corda in juta e uno sgabello di legno e si reca nel solaio del suo appartamento.
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Ennio is a former professional designer who has not overcome the loss of his wife, taking refuge in a sociopathic and illusory daily life made of tempera and watercolours. It's December 31st, Ennio is preparing to join
his beloved for midnight. He takes a jute rope and a wooden stool and went to the attic of his apartment.
Due fratelli fanno i conti con il proprio passato affrontando le conseguenze della rigida educazione paterna proprio durante il funerale dell'uomo.
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Everything has changed for Giulia after Marilena’s arrival in the village. Before it was just Giulia and her best friend Nadine. But now Nadine has eyes only for the newcomer. And Giulia can't endure it.
To play in the woods might offer Giulia the chance to prove that she’s better than Marilena: she has played in that woods with Nadine since they were just kids, while Marilena doesn't know the mountain well. It's the opportunity for Giulia to get back Nadine.
Marilena remains alone in the woods, and her traces are lost. Giulia wins the game, but she has lost her Nadine.
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Per Giulia tutto è cambiato con l’arrivo di Marilena in paese. Prima erano solo lei e la sua migliore amica Nadine, ora invece Nadine non ha occhi che per la nuova arrivata. E Giulia non lo può sopportare.
Giocare nel bosco può essere l’occasione per Giulia per vincere e riconquistare Nadine: Giulia in quei boschi ci gioca fin da quando era piccola, mentre Marilena non lo conosce per niente.
Marilena rimane sola nel bosco e di lei si perdono le tracce. Giulia ha vinto il gioco, ma ha perso per sempre la sua Nadine.
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30. Sarajevo Film Festival
In a religious family, a boy (secretly) looks at women with a camcorder, and he gets start having a false freak that if his family understand.
Elio and Tommaso are best friends but when Elio has admitted to the Comics Academy while his friend not, they have an argue. When Tommaso is ready to leave the city, Elio goes through the whole city on his bike to try to reach his friend and apologize to him
Ita: Il film Titanic viene trasmesso per la prima volta dalla TV nazionale iraniana in una versione adatta alle famiglie iraniane, con immagini fantastiche e audio intramontabile.
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Eng: "Titanic, suitable version for Iranian families"
Original Language: "Titanic, noskhe monaseb baraye khanevadehaye irani"
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A complex and combative exchange at an Iranian broadcaster over a certain Hollywood blockbuster disguises deeper ruptures.
Luca has been speaking out of sync for many years. One day, he invites a girl to lunch and doesn't know how to behave to hide his absurd handicap.
A worker is waiting for an important phone call during his lunch break.
L'amore tra Tiziana e Roberto si consuma nelle assenze, nel tepore residuo nelle pieghe di un letto fatto e disfatto, nel silenzio carico di tutto ciò che non si può dire.
Tiziana and Roberto's love has been wearing out in absence, in the last little warmth left inside the wrinkles of their bed sheet, in silence, burdened of what has never been told.
Nicole è la batterista di una band punk al femminile capitanata dalla tormentata Eleonora. Rimasta sola percorrerà un doloroso viaggio nei ricordi per ritrovare una vecchia promessa.
Nicole is the drummer of a female punk band, led by the troubled Eleonora. Left alone, she goes through a painful journey into her memories to recover a long gone promise.
Una bambina curda cerca di riportare il sorriso sul volto della nonna dopo la disattivazione della sua televisione, unica sua finestra sul mondo, da parte dell'esercito turco.
Giacomo has decided: he will tell everything. Everything he knows and thinks about relatives, friends and acquaintances, politicians, clergymen and criminals. Revealing secrets, sins and stark realities. Finally!
Giacomo ha deciso: dirà tutto. Tutto ciò che sa e pensa su parenti, amici e conoscenti, politici, uomini di chiesa e malavitosi. Svelando segreti, peccati e crude realtà. Finalmente!
Un film di Fabio Massa, prodotto da Goccia Film Srl (ITALY) e Nicheco Holding LLC (USA)
Cast:
Morgan David Jones "Richard Foster"
Rasha Bilal "Fada"
Randall Paul "Gordon"
Fabio Massa "Alessandro"
Denny Mendez "Esther"
Enrico Lo Verso "Rocco"
Faty Ba "Gaia"
Tomas Arana "President" Special guest
Cristina Donadio "Cristina" - special guest
Mariagrazia Cucinotta "Rosaria" - Special guest
Sergio Muniz "Carlos" - Special guest
Richard Foster, è un giornalista premiato per ben due volte con il famoso premio Pulitzer. E’ cresciuto in una famiglia americana molto ricca e famosa, ma la sua indole morale lo ha motivato a non seguire il business aziendale.
E’ il fondatore della "Global Harmony Foundation" con sede a New York, ed è da sempre in prima linea nella salvaguardia dei diritti fondamentali dell’uomo, nella cooperazione globale e nella visione di un mondo più armonioso basato sull'uguaglianza.
La sua vita cambierà presto, in Italia, quando, dopo essere stato ospite di un popolare talk show televisivo, viene coinvolto, suo malgrado, in un grave incidente automobilistico che porta alla morte di una donna, una prostituta, incinta sul punto di partorire. E’ proprio Richard che le permette di diventare madre anche se per pochi minuti: la donna dà alla luce una bambina a cui regala il nome di Gaia. Richard finisce per adottare la neonata che cambierà per sempre il corso della sua vita e rimodellerà la visione della “Global Harmony Foundation”.
Si trasferirà sull’ isola italiana di Lampedusa dove, tempo prima, la sua fondazione aveva avviato dei laboratori creativi didattici destinati ai bambini maltrattati o ai figli di genitori con poche possibilità di sostenere un adeguato percorso scolastico. Richard parte da questo microcosmo per estenderlo a livello planetario, soprattutto nelle zone del mondo più represse: in tal modo si riuscirebbero ad affrancare i bambini da uno stato di schiavitù, figlio di sub cultura e difficoltà economiche, trovando sostegno, morale e concreto, in questi centri esportati a livello planetario.
Foster, aiutato dal suo team della Global Harmony, è impegnato a preparare sull'isola una conferenza mondiale estremamente importante e delicata che riunirà le migliori energie planetarie in tema di infanzia, istruzione, sanità, economia… Ma il prezzo personale che Richard dovrà pagare per la sua visione idealista del mondo sarà del tutto inaspettato.
Un dramma sociale, con colpi di scena elettrizzanti, pieni di suspense e intrighi, ambientato principalmente in un’inedita isola di Lampedusa, dove i bambini, l’amore, l’amicizia, i tradimenti, la lotta atavica tra il bene ed il male, saranno protagonisti di un film che strizza l’occhio al thriller…
Vincenzo is on his first date with Sara, he asks for help from an application based on AI, which suggests what to say. A love story is born and they organize a blind date for their best friends, advising them both to use AI.
Silvestro, a white-collar member of the Camorra, encounters beauty in the gaze of Alba, daughter of the boss he works for. A fatal encounter that pushes the man, incapable of commensurate with the purity of the girl's love, to carry out an irreparable act. To save himself, Silvestro, with the complicity of a priest in crisis and an eccentric owner of a private club, his childhood friends, must hide in an underground bunker. In this dark place, between hallucinations and memories, he will be forced to deal with his past and his feelings of guilt, understanding that it is possible to escape everything except oneself.
8 short episodes, 8 fragments of life on the outskirts of Rome, from the ironic and melancholic pen of Antonio Agrestini.
A cynical single woman returning from a marriage.
A father, desperate because of a prank by his son, in full lockdown.
A pensioner worried about the deafening silence of his canary.
A young couple, during the pandemic, improvises a fake wedding at home.
A young vacuum cleaner salesman comes across an exuberant and not very hospitable widow.
A stingy boy gives his girlfriend an unusual gift on Valentine's Day.
A printing error on some flyers causes a series of problems for an unemployed man over thirty who lives with his mother.
A middle-aged man, orphaned and alone, receives a visit from his elderly neighbor who, before going on holiday, leaves him a special object.
Many characters, losers, funny, desperate, excluded, in love, unemployed, cynical, trying to repair their "unbolted" lives.
Requiem Espresso is a VHS film from the '80s/'90s, a love letter to POP cinema culture. It's the story of Francesco: a delivery guy that sleep on his friend's sofa. Only a few years earlier he was calling himself "Frank": the front man of a band that was on the verge of success.
Then one day, during his deliveries, an opportunity knocks on his door: to open the concert of an international band and finally make his comeback on the stage. Frank will have to put together his old band with which he cut the bridges and face a past he escaped from. He does not know, however, that that concert is actually a cover for something very different: his last delivery.
Ivalu è scomparsa. La sua sorellina cerca disperatamente di trovarla mentre la vasta natura della Groenlandia nasconde segreti. Dov'è Ivalu?
Una giovane ragazza, cresciuta da una madre bianca single e disconnessa dalle sue origini tongane, deve trovare rapidamente il suo posto in un mondo che sembra non appartenerle.
One day, a girl living in a village sees blood on her panties. She’s having menstruation, but she doesn't know what it is. She hesitates to ask someone and tries to discover on her own. She finally finds an answer, but that answer is only the part of the cycle she’s in.
Orlanda wants to give her niece a pair of ballet slippers for her dance recital. But finding them in the right colour is no easy task.
Valya is the eldest daughter of a family of professional pilot, who finds herself in flight school, while her true calling is photography. Valya struggle between following family traditions and pursing her dreams until she meets a talented cadet, the best pilot in the school, who helps her find her way.
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"Leggerezza" follows the story of Nova, a young aspiring ballet dancer. Under the pressure of her mother, who projects her own ambitions onto her, Nova trains so intensely that she injures herself, ignoring the pain to avoid disappointing her. Will Nova be able to truly express herself, or will she remain subjugated by her mother's ambitions?
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ITA
"Leggerezza" è un racconto di formazione che vede come protagonista Nova, una ragazzina aspirante ballerina di danza classica. Sotto la pressione della madre, che proietta su di lei le proprie ambizioni, Nova si allena così intensamente da ferirsi, ignorando il dolore pur di non deluderla. Riuscirà Nova a esprimere veramente se stessa o rimarrà soggiogata dalle ambizioni della madre?
Corviale, Rome. Rita is a young mother working as a farmer. Tired of his lonely life and terrorized by her uncertain future, she begins to dream of a better life thanks to a meeting with a Mental Coach.
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Semplicemente, la storia di un ragazzo incapace di pronunciare le parole “Ti amo”. Tony, un giovane fragile e introverso, si sforza di confessare i suoi sentimenti per Ellie temendo di compromettere la preziosa amicizia che condividono. Ma in questa gelida notte, le parole sembrano congelarsi, rendendo difficile il loro fluire. “ARcTICHOKE” esplora temi come l’amore non corrisposto, la paura del rifiuto e la sfida nel comunicare emozioni profonde attraverso le parole e i loro silenzi.
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The simple story of a guy unable to utter the words “I love you.” Tony, a fragile and introverted guy, strives to confess his feelings to Ellie. But on this cold night, the words seem to freeze, making their expression challenging. “ARcTICHOKE” explores themes such as unrequited love, the fear of rejection, and the challenge of communicating deep emotions through words and their silences.
Anoush, un'emigrante fuggita dall'Armenia post-sovietica a causa del marito violento, rischia la deportazione anni dopo...
Per testarne la mascolinità, un uomo propone una sfida ad un bambino nel cuore della notte.
Venice, Italy, year 1998. Tobia is a boy from Tuscany; he is targeted for his innocence and fragility by three Roman off-site students living in the Veneto region, from whom he has been suffering physical violence for several years. Tobia is paralyzed, his daily routine occupied by worries. The film recounts, in a vast time frame, from 1998 to 2007 what happens in the protagonist's life. Studying, first loves and jobs do not work out, the physical and psychological violence Tobia has suffered makes him insecure. His wealthy family is also a source of problems, stories of alcoholism and parental superficiality make him increasingly insecure. The boy is seen by his father as a mistake and because of this their relationship is almost nonexistent, with his mother things are slightly better, although in the end she always puts herself and her husband before Tobia, her superficiality is unbearable and her love for her son practically nonexistent. Even in her everyday life the situation is catastrophic. Ho vinto io is a story of insecurities, fears, loves, revenge and much more, which with a few small glimpses of cold comedy here and there is meant to bring to light the real problem of bullying and violence in general, both physical and psychological, that anyone could suffer from outside people, but increasingly from those closest and tightest around us.
1963. The young nurse Anna takes service in the juvenile ward of a mental hospital. Here he meets and becomes attached to sweet Lucia, a fifteen-year-old schizophrenic. Against the backdrop of a struggle between Dr. Marie and the rigid Dr. Oreste for the new experimental treatments, the relationship between Anna and Lucia thickens, forcing them to make decisive choices for their respective lives.
1963. La giovane infermiera Anna prende servizio nel reparto minorile di un manicomio. Qui conosce e si affeziona alla dolce Anna, quindicenne schizofrenica. Sullo sfondo di una lotta priva di colpi fra la dottoressa Marie e il rigido dottor Oreste per le nuove cure sperimentali, il rapporto fra Anna e Lucia si infittisce, costringendole a scelte decisive per le rispettive vite.
The team of selectors has selected 25 shorts from all over the world, to deliver them to the FCCV Jury and the Young Jury who assign the Award to the best short film in their respective categories. Special mentions are also awarded for direction, photography, screenplay, actor, actress and soundtrack.
