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2015 - second EDITION



WINNERS


FICTION: SIX by Frank Jerky


ANIMATION: CODA by Alan Holly


DOCUMENTARY: NORT EAST HARD WEST by Bart van den Aardweg




JURY:


Paola Bonelli

Daria D’Antonio

Paola Randi

Tarek Ben Abdallah

Mario Balsamo

Giovanni Piperno

Gianni Vezzosi

Massimo Vichi




11/09/2015


GOODBYE

Tyler Russo, animazione

2015 USA, CA 8' Inglese (Sott. Ita)


After a brutal car accident, a man is forced to confront and examine his life.


Dopo un brutale incidente stradale, un uomo è costretto a confrontarsi con sé stesso ed esaminare il corso della sua vita.


CHILDHOOD IS OVER

Tomasz Śliwiński, finzione

2013 Polonia, 7' Polacco (Sott. Ita)


A brother pays a regular visit to his sister, who suffers of depression. But something will change completely the course of the visit.


Un fratello va a trovare la sorella che soffre di depressione. Ma qualcosa cambierà radicalmente il corso della visita.


LIA

Arianna Del Grosso, finzione

2015 Italia, 6’, Inglese (Sott. Ita)


Lia is a 11 years old girl who lives with her mother. One morning, after she wakes up something she could never imagine happens.


Lia è una bambina di 11 anni che vive con la mamma, una donna in carriera. Una mattina dopo essersi svegliata le capita una cosa che non avrebbe mai potuto immaginare.


NORT EAST HARD WEST

Bart van den Aardweg, Documentario

2014 Olanda, 24', Olandese (Sott. Eng)


http://someshorts.com/films/noordoosthardwest/


A closely-knit group of adolescent kick boxers trains every day at a boxing gym in the heart of Amsterdam West. Here the youths are confronted by the strict approach of the trainer. The boxing gym offers shelter and is a place for inspiration to strengthen them in the choices they have to make in life.


Un affiatato gruppo di giovani pugili si allena ogni giorno in una palestra di box nel cuore di Amsterdam ovest. Qui i ragazzi si confrontano con il rigido approccio dell’allenatore. Questo luogo diventa per loro un rifugio e un centro d’ispirazione per le scelte che devono intraprendere nella vita.


PER UNA NOTTE

Marco Matteo Donat Cattin, finzione

2013 Italia, 10’, Italiano (Sott. Eng)


Adele is a widow. She spends her day cooking, but she has no body to eat what she makes. She sits hours on the couch with no one to talk to. An invitation arrives to break the routine she has inflicted to herself: it will be her peer - Tilde - to lead her to next port of life, where elders face the darker crossroad: live or survive?


Adele è rimasta vedova. Passa la giornata a cucinare, ma non ha commensali. Siede per ore sul divano, ma non ha con chi parlare. Ora un invito scuote la routine cui si è condannata: sarà una coetanea - Tilde - a traghettarla fino al porto successivo della vita, dove i vecchi affrontano il bivio più oscuro: vivere o sopravvivere?


SIX

Frank Jerky, finzione

2014 USA, 15' Inglese (Sott. Ita)



Dumbo is a little child immersed in his imaginary world. When he drops a toy car into a hole he reaches down to it but he finds something else.


Dumbo è un bambino immerso nel suo mondo immaginario. Quando la sua macchinetta giocattolo finisce in una buca, lui va per riprenderla ma trova qualcos’altro.


CHOP MY MONEY

Theo Anthony, documentario

2014 USA, 12' Inglese (Sott. Ita)



A day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo.


Una giornata nella vita di tre ragazzi di strada nell’est del Congo.


FEELING FACTORY

Vincenzo Maselli, animazione

2015 Italia, 5', Italiano (Sott. Eng)


Feeling Factory is a story about feelings, freedom and human relationships. Once upon a time in a faraway and timeless land it happened something new and unexpected, people discovered a new ability. A short film built on two metaphors: feelings are items, assembly line and handicraft are tools to create items-feeling.


Feeling Factory : Feeling Factory è una storia che parla di sentimenti, di libero arbitrio e di relazioni umane. In una terra senza tempo e in un luogo sconosciuto un giorno successe qualcosa di nuovo e inaspettato, le persone scoprirono una nuova abilità. Un breve racconto basato su una doppia metafora, il sentimento come oggetto e la catena di montaggio, a cui si contrappongono manualità e lavoro artigianale, come strumenti per realizzare gli oggetti sentimento.


12/09/2015


EARTHWORM SEASON

Nadim Hejeili, documentario

2014 Libano, 16’, Arabo (Sott. Ita)


Having discovered my family archives, I try to understand the stories behind them: stories of war, fear and hiding unfolds, but also stories of family, gatherings and rare occasion of happiness arises. My mother tells the story, answering my questions, yet something seems to linger behind. Untold memories and unrevealed truth hides behind her testimony.


Avendo scoperto gli archivi di famiglia, provo a capire le storie che si celano dietro di questi: Storie di Guerra, paura e nascondigli, ma anche storie di famiglia, di unione e di rare occasioni felici. Mia madre racconta, rispondendo alle mie domande, e sembra che qualcosa in lei si soffermi sul passato. Racconti taciuti si nascondono dietro alla sua testimonianza.


SFIORANDO L'ALBA

Samuel Mac Fadden, finzione

2015 Italia, 6’, Inglese (Sott. Eng)


A reflection on the dream of redemption and hope of thousands of immigrants who embark from Africa to Europe. The narrative voice of a young immigrant , drowned in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, reminds her sister, who was able to land on the coast of Italy , the fatigue of their trip, the cruelty of smugglers , the cruel destiny of men, women, and children abandoned and dead in the water, in the desolate shores of the sea that closed over their heads. And for a moment the body and the voice of the young immigrant seems to come from the depths of the sea and to touch half of the sky , linking past and future , dreams and despair , in a cry that tries to sing Life and Hope over every shipwreck and defeat.


Una riflessione sul sogno di riscatto e di speranza delle migliaia di migranti che s’imbarcano dall’Africa alla volta dell’Europa. La voce di una giovane migrante, annegata nelle acque del Mediterraneo, ricorda alla sorella approdata sulle coste italiane, e finita in mano alla criminalità che la sfrutta nei campi di raccolta, la fatica del viaggio, la crudeltà degli scafisti, gli uomini le donne ei bambini abbandonati e morti nelle acque, le rive desolate del mare che si è richiuso sulle loro teste. E per un attimo il corpo e la voce della giovane migrante escono dagli abissi del mare e toccano metà del cielo, sfiorando l’Alba, unendo passato e futuro, sogno e disperazione, in una vertiginosa eco che cerca la Vita oltre ogni sconfitta e ogni naufragio e arde di speranza.


IN THE TALL GRASS

Alexii Muftoll, animazione

2014 Russia, 8’, Russo (Sott. Ita)


Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner in his own flat and he is in a constant war with his mind. Here desires, memories and nightmares are mixed together, there's no escape for his tortured soul. He either wins this battle or will be condemned forever.


Joseph è un individuo mentalmente instabile. Prigioniero nella propria casa, e vive in perenne conflitto con la propria mente. Desiderio, memorie e incubi sono sempre mescolati, non ci sono vie di fuga per la sua anima torturata. Se non vincerà la guerra con la sua mente resterà condannato per sempre.


EHI MUSO GIALLO

Pierluca Di Pasquale, finzione

2014 Italia, 14’, Italiano (Sott. Eng)


A young man wakes up in the dark kitchen of a restaurant. He is wounded; he has been beaten up and tied to a chair. His arms are tied up and sunk into a bucket of ice and blood. He does not remember what happened to him so the torturers help him reconstruct the events.


Un giovane si risveglia nella cucina buia di un ristorante. È ferito, è stato picchiato e legato ad una sedia. Ha le braccia immerse in un secchio pieno di ghiacci e sangue. Non si ricorda cosa gli è successo quindi i suoi torturatori lo aiutano a ricostruire il corso degli eventi.


FUORIGIOCO

Davide Vigore, Domenico Rizzo, documentario

2014 Italia, 60’, Italiano (Sott. Eng)


Maurizio has everything: success, money, women and cars. A sport accident compromise his career, making him falls into the vortex of excess. Today he lives in a dark and underground Palermo, surrounded by crowds. What’s after success? Loneliness.


Maurizio è un uomo al quale non manca nulla: fama, soldi, donne, macchine. Ma un incidente sportivo compromette la sua carriera facendolo sprofondare nel vortice dell’eccesso. Oggi vive in una Palermo sotterranea e oscura, immerso nella folla.

Cosa c’è dopo il successo? La solitudine.


13/09/2015


OUR COURSE

Oscar Nominated - Best Documentary Short

Tomasz Śliwiński, documentario

2013 Polonia, 27’, Polacco (Sott. Ita)

(fuori concorso)


The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn child – the Ondine’s Curse (also known as CCHS, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome). People affected with this disease stop breathing during sleep and require a lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator. The film shows the process of taming fear associated with the disease.


Il film è una presa di posizione personale del regista e sua moglie, che deve convivere con la malattia rarissima e incurabile del loro neonato, la maledizione di Ondine (anche conosciuta come CCHS, sindrome congenita dell’iperventilazione centrale). Le persone affette da questa sindrome smettono di respirare durante il sonno e hanno bisogno di un respiratore meccanico per tutto il corso della loro vita. Il film mostra il processo che li ha portati a superare la paura di questo male.


FATHER

Ivan Bogdanov - Moritz Mayerhofer - Asparuh Petrov - Veljko Popovic - Rositsa Raleva - Dmitry Yagodin, animazione

2012 Bulgaria/Croazia/Germania, 16’, Inglese (Sott. Ita)


When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you? In “Father” the reality of life is turned upside down to create an impossible dialogue - the dialogue between a child and a father that never happens.


Quando è stata l’ultima volta che hai parlato con tuo padre? Gli chiederai mai di spiegarti tutte quelle piccolo cose che ti hanno fatto soffrire? In “Father”, la realtà della vita è capovolta per creare quel dialogo che non avviene mai tra padre e figlio.



LIEVITO MADRE

Fulvio Risuleo, finzione

2014 ITALIA, 17' Italiano (Sott. Eng)


http://fulviorisuleo.weebly.com



It would be a classic menage à trois, but the third is a thing made by flour, water and honey. A story about jealousy and inconvenient loves.


Sarebbe un triangolo amoroso classico se non fosse che il terzo incomodo sia un essere “inanimato” fatto di farina acqua e miele. Una storia di gelosia e amori scomodi.


SHOUK

Dotan Moreno, animazione

2014 Israele, 18’, Ebraico (Sott. Ita)


In "Shouk", a teenager lives under the shadow of his controlling mother in peripheral Israel. The story takes place in the limited space of the house, where the sensitive and introvert son takes care of his mother and her needs.


In “Shouk”, un adolescente vive sotto l’ombra della madre iperprotettiva in una periferia israeliana. La storia si svolge nello spazio limitato della casa, dove il figlio sensibile e introverso si prende cura della madre e di tutti i suoi bisogni.


CODA

Alan Holly, animazione

2015 Irlanda, 9’, Inglese (Sott. Ita)


A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.


Un’anima perduta cammina ubriaca per la città. In un parco la Morte lo trova e gli mostra molte cose.





2014 - FIRST EDITION



22/07/2014


MATHIEU

MASSIMILIANO CAMAITI

FICTION - 2014 - FRANCE - 18' - FRA (sub ITA)

Mathieu, a thirty years old French man, realizes that to be loved by all, not to have problems, you have to give to others what they want. Although today everyone understand it, for Mathieu the issue is a bit more complex.


THE BIKE DEALER

GIORGIO NASTI

DOCUMENTARY - 2014 - HOLLAND - 7' - ENG/ITA

In Amsterdam, a junkie steals bikes on request.

His customers call him and ask for different models of bikes.

In this documentary both sides of this business get interviewed to discover what's behind a simple illegal exchange.


FREE WILL

QUENTIN POINTILLART

ANIMATION - 2014 - FRANCE - 2'

A creature who's path is light by a flying mask will choose to break free from his boundaries and follow his own path.


THOUSANDTH STREET

ALEXIS AMANT

FICTION - 2013 - FRANCE - 7' - FRA (SUB ENG)

The break of a police officer on patrol is suddenly interrupted by an unexpected event which he will have to face.


THE HIGHEST COST

MATTEO BRUNETTA

DOCUMENTARY - 2012 - USA - 23' - ENG (sub ITA)

John and Jeff are two 9/11 First Responders that cleaned up the remains of Ground Zero for months after the terrorist attacks. Like many other First Responders, they were exposed to an incredible amount of toxic chemicals and waste while working, and a few years later became sick and developed cancer.

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LOCKED UP

GABRIEL GRAPPERON

ANIMATION - 2014 - FRANCE - 2'


LETTER TO BODDAH

FRANK JERK

FICTION - 2013 - USA- 7' - ENG (sub ITA)

A short film about Kurt Cobain writing his last letter to his friend Boddah.

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LOVE, DEATH & HIPSTERY

STANISLAV LAVRIK

FICTION - 2014 - USA - 6' - ENG

After witnessing death of a stranger, a recluse finds the truth about himself.


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FLYING PAPER

NITIN SAWHNEY/ ROGER HILL

DOCUMENTARY - 2013 - PALESTINE/USA- 52' - ENG (sub ENG)

Flying Paper is the uplifting story of Palestinian children in Gaza engaged in the fascinating culture of kite making and flying.

The film follows Musa, a charismatic teenaged kite-maker in the village of Seifa, and Abeer an aspiring young journalist in the Jabalya refugee camp.

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23/07/2014


BODY PIECES

MAXIM DEREVIANKO

FICTION - 2013 - ITALY - 13' - ITA

Zeno, a twenty-something, insecure about his less-than-average looks, chooses a perfect "second-self" by wearing synthetic-rechargeable body parts. Content to live a physical lie, his world is turned upside down when a chance meeting with a woman makes him question his decision.


BAD THING, GOOD THING

GREGORIO SASSOLI

FICTION - 2013 - USA - 19' - ENG

Miguel, 14 years old, and his friend Daniel try to get with two girls they like.


RINO - "BONJOUR ET ADIEU"

MATTEO GALLO/FILIPPO ORTONA

DOCUMENTARY - 2014 - ITALY/FRANCE- 10' - FRA (sub ITA)

The history of Rino Della Negra, a French partisan of Italian origin and a member of the notorious partisan group Manouchian, shot by the Germans in 1944. He was also right wing at the Red Star Football Club, historic soccer team of Saint-Ouen, whose supporters have made Rino their founding myth.


THE LAST BREAD

MARIA ROSA BADIA

DOCUMENTARY - 2013 - USA - 7' - SPA (sub ITA)

A documentary that captures the last moments of a flourishing business not strong enough to resist NY unstoppable gentrification process. Alfonso Sosa and his family worked at La Villita Bakery every day of the last 17 years.


LIVING WITH LEVIATHAN

SIRIN BAHAR DEMIREL

DOCUMENTARY - 2012 - TURKEY - 11' - ENG (sub ENG)

This is a personal story about a nationwide uprising, Occupy Gezi movement in Turkey. More of an open letter than a documentary, this movie tries to show the way how Turkish youth say “enough!” to the despotic state and police brutality.


OMEGA

EVA FRANZ/ANDREAS GORALCZYK

ANIMATION - 2014 - GERMANY - 19'

The end of evolution awaits in a wasteland dominated by bizarre trash formations, dust and rock. From the scattered remains of a long forgotten culture an electric ecosystem rapidly evolves into the ultimate form of existence...

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PINNIPÈDES

VICTOR CAIRE

ANIMATION - 2014 - FRANCE - 2'


THE VOICE OF GOD

BERND LUETZELER

EXPERIMENTAL -2013 - INDIA/GERMANY - 10'

If God would come down to earth and try to earn a living in Bombay, most probably he would very soon become successful as a voice over artiste, lending his voice to thousands of hindi movies and even more documentaries and public service films in India.

BOLERO FOR SURFING IN MORAVIA

VALERIO MENDOZA GUILLEN

FICTION - 2013 - VENEZUELA/CZECH REPUBLIC - 35' - SPA/CZE (sub ENG)

Cabeto is a Venezuelan immigrant in Czech Republic and today, he has started a long journey across the country to give a serenade. His future depends on this serenade, so much, that his best friends (Venezuelan immigrants also) arrived from Barcelona and Berlin to support him.


24/07/2014


HEAVEN OF WATERMELON

GULISTAN ACET

FICTION - 2013 - TURKEY - 15' - TUR (sub ENG)

In the southeast of Turkey, in the 90s, Mizgin is frightened by the unsolved murders of Hezbollah and she wants immediately to go to heaven, a safe place for her, where she can eat watermelon as much as she can. ‘Heaven of Watermelon’ conveys the tragicomic story of Mizgin, a 6 years old girl and her suicide attempts.


INTO NOISE

JANNA KYLLĀSTINEN

DOCUMENTARY - 2013 -USA - 11' - ENG (sub ITA)

An experimental documentary film on the soundscape of New York, and a personal story of alienation and disruption. This abstract symphony of urban and natural imagery exposes the layered sounds of the city through poetic, frantic imagery and a minimalistic industrial soundtrack.


JOHNNY EXPRESS

KYUNGMIN WOO

ANIMATION - 2014 - KOREA - 6'

There are all sorts of Aliens living throughout space.
Johnny is a Space Delivery Man who travels to different planets to deliver packages.
Johnny is lazy and his only desire is to sleep in his autopilot spaceship.
when the spaceship arrives at the destination, all he has to do is simply deliver the box.
However, it never goes as planned. Johnny encounters strange and bizarre planets
and always seems to cause trouble on his delivery route.


QUINTO PISO

MARCELO FILHO

FICTION - 2013 - BRAZIL/ARGENTINA - 10' - SPA (sub ENG)

After a full night non sleep for strange noises, Santiago begins to connect the facts that drive him to believe that every night one floor of his building is robbed. Everything seems to tell him something is going to happen but, as nights pass, greater is the possibility that he's loosing himself in this paranoia.


TREASURE -

THE STORY OF MARCUS HOOK

VALERIO CIRIACI

DOCUMENTARY - 2013 - USA - 20' - ENG (sub ITA)

Treasure chronicles the efforts of a community determined to survive the decline of heavy industry. The town’s future is being written as we speak, but one thing is certain: If Marcus Hook wasn’t born with the refinery, it doesn’t have to die with it either.

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GENESEE

LORENZO ZANINI

FICTION - 2013 - USA - 19' -ENG (sub ITA)

Lyle is a private investigator whose life is based on two absolutes: a strong sexual desire and an incurable sense of loneliness. Lyle finds pleasure and comfort in Genesee, a prostitute he sleeps with. As time goes on Genesee considers this relationship “work” while Lyle starts to get more and more involved. His utopian love eventually morphs into an obsessive feeling.

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OHNE TITEL

CHRISTIAN NICCOLI

EXPERIMETAL - 2013 - GERMANY - 4'

The film metaphorically narrates the radical moment of been-thrown-into-the-world, of entering the nakedness of being.


AU FOND DU LAC

TIMOTHEE GEORGE

FICTION - 2014 - FRANCE - 27' - FRA (sub ENG)

A man is looking for a life of his dreams.

Charles is an egocentric actor, full of himself. When he comes across the innocence and the simplicity of Leo, a child acting in one of his films, Charles starts doubting about the values of his life.


ANOTHER SONG ABOUT THE SEA

JEREMY BESSOFF

ANIMATION - 2014 - USA - 28'

“Another Song From the Sea” charts the stalled domestic relationship of a deep ocean exploring couple . The characters' descent into the watery abyss becomes a metaphor for examining their relationship darkened by deep emotional turmoil.

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