Short Films
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A cake story
by Milko Yovchev
Fiction | Bulgaria | 2012 | HD | 12 min.
1997. New Year’s Eve. A man braves the cold winter night in order to bring a friend of his a cake as a gift. The cake never makes it to the receiver because it ends up in front of the door of a poor gipsy’s family.» location: BATTAGLIA TERME, Castello del Catajo
» date: thursday 18 july
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Ambitious
by Ainur Askarov
Fiction | Russia | 2011 | 35mm | 22 min.
The most important event in the village is the weekly screening at the local House of Culture. The main character is an ardent lover of Bollywood cinema. But it is hard to get to the screening of his favorite movie.» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: sunday 21 july
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Anna
by Diego Scano, Luca Zambolin
Fiction | Italy | 2013 | HD | 15 min.
Anna è una donna, con evidenti problemi relazionali, che lavora come inserviente in un albergo di una piccola località termale. Il suo piccolo mondo, impenetrabile ma equilibrato, viene sconvolto da un cambio di mansione che la costringe a rapportarsi con persone sconosciute. Conosce così un uomo, che la colpisce emotivamente e la...» location: MONSELICE, Giardini del Castello
» date: saturday 20 july
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Cargo
by Carlo Sironi
Fiction | 2012 | HD | 16 min.
Alina ha venticinque anni, viene dall’Ucraina e lavora come prostituta ai margini di Roma. Jani, il ragazzino che tutti i giorni la porta sulla strada non le stacca gli occhi di dosso.» location: BAONE, Parco delle Ginestre
» date: thursday 11 july
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Cusutu N' Coddu
by Giovanni La Pàrola
Fiction | 2012 | HD | 17 min.
In un piccolo feudo siciliano, alla fine dell'800, un gruppo di contadini affamati e inferociti si rivolta contro il proprietario terriero. A dirigere la rivolta c'è Salvo, il campiere, che vuole sostituirsi al feudatario. Durante la rivolta Salvo risparmia Peppino, il sarto dell'ex padrone, perché vorrebbe...» location: TEOLO, Passo delle Fiorine (Monte della Madonna)
» date: friday 12 july
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Destrás del Espejo
by Julio O. Ramos
Fiction | Peru | 2012 | HD | 12 min.
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, manages a sleazy motel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.» location: TEOLO, Passo delle Fiorine (Monte della Madonna)
» date: friday 12 july
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Don't hit the ground
by Mia Spengler
Fiction | Germany | 2013 | HD | 30 min.
The 90's, a colourful decade of pop and shallowness: Fifteen year old Fila and her clique are in the middle of it. Fila is popular amongst her friends, because she is cool, sassy and loud. But so is Gülcan, which makes her a rival to Fila. When Gülcan participates in a make-over...» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: sunday 21 july
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Drawn from memory
by Marcin Bortkiewicz
Fiction | Poland | 2011 | HD | 24 min.
Marek lives with his mother and grandmother. He is given a video camera and decides to make a non-fiction film about his Gran. She agrees, but only on condition that he fulfils her dream and lets her play a vampire in a series of home horror movies. As time...» location: BAONE, Parco delle Ginestre
» date: thursday 11 july
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Escaping gravity
by Benjamin Teske
Fiction | Germany | 2012 | 35mm | 23 min.
To finally gain her father’s acceptance, transsexual Leonie decides to return masqueraded as a man to the world of her childhood: the funfair. Though even the old owner of the ghost train has something to hide.» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: sunday 21 july
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Frozen stories
by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
Fiction | Poland | 2011 | HD | 26 min.
The film tells the story of young girl and boy who work together in the supermarket. As the worst employees of the supermarket they have been ordered to find a goal of their lives. To put this into practise they have only two days. The popular...» location: TEOLO, Passo delle Fiorine (Monte della Madonna)
» date: friday 12 july
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Genesi
by Donatella Altieri
Fiction | 2012 | HD | 18 min.
Attraverso il testo mitico per eccellenza, Genesi, e ricordando l’antico rituale contadino dell’albero amico, viene raccontata l’esperienza tragica della morte di un figlio e mostrata la via delicata e silenziosa percorsa da Giovanni per superare il dolore. Così i ricordi affiorano, l’animo si placa e il pianto si fa discorso.» location: BATTAGLIA TERME, Castello del Catajo
» date: thursday 18 july
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Il gatto del Maine
by Antonello Schioppa
Fiction | Italy | 2013 | HD | 18 min.
Nella periferia di una grande città una giovane coppia sembra condurre una vita come tante altre, una vita normale, scandita dai ritmi sereni della quotidianità. Dietro questa apparente serenità si nasconde però un mistero.» location: MONSELICE, Giardini del Castello
» date: saturday 20 july
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Kinoki
by Léo Favier, Schroeter Und Berger
Fiction | France | 2012 | HD | 15 min.
Are you fed up with life ? Do you feel bored by the crisis ? Is everybody here talking about the weather ? Well then, we have got something for you ! The Franco-German filmmakers Leo Favier and Schroeter und Berger offer a portrait of a small French village where the...» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: saturday 20 july
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Matilde
by Vito Palmieri
Fiction | Italy | 2013 | HD | 10 min.
Pur essendo di poche parole, Matilde è una bambina dall'intelligenza vivace e dalla personalità spiccata. Tra i banchi di scuola, però, c'è qualcosa che sembra turbarla. Combinando le suggestioni ricevute dal suo maestro, l'interesse per gli strumenti da parrucchiera della madre e la passione per il tennis, Matilde cerca...» location: MONSELICE, Giardini del Castello
» date: saturday 20 july
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Mi ojo derecho
by Josecho De Linares
Fiction | Spain | 2012 | 35mm | 13 min.
Zurdo maintained a special relationship with his grandmother. Since he went away to study they have lost contact. On the last day of summer Zurdo decides to visit her with the intuition that he might not see her again.» location: BATTAGLIA TERME, Castello del Catajo
» date: thursday 18 july
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Misterio
by Chema García Ibarra
Fiction | Spain | 2013 | altro | 12 min.
They say that if you put your ear to the back of his neck, you can hear the Virgin talk.» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: sunday 21 july
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More than two hours
by Ali Asgari
Fiction | Iran | 2013 | altro | 15 min.
It’s 3 AM, a boy and a girl are wandering in the city.they are looking for a hospital to cure the girl, but it is much harder than they thought.» location: MONSELICE, Giardini del Castello
» date: saturday 20 july
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Os vivos tambem choram
by Basil Da Cunha
Fiction | Switzerland | Portugal | 2012 | HDV | 30 min.
Ze is a dockworker in Lisbon. He watches enviously the ships he will never board. He dreams of leaving his wife and the slum. He has been saving money in secret to travel to Sweden. But one night he gets home to discover that his wife found his savings...» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: saturday 20 july
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S'oublier
by Anh Minh Truong
Fiction | Canada | 2012 | HD | 6 min.
One night, a breakup, a silent pain. On a cold winter night, in an anonymous parking lot, a couple just broke up. As the sweet memories clash with what's left of their relationship, the former lovers will come to reveal the paradoxical nature of human emotions.» location: BAONE, Parco delle Ginestre
» date: thursday 11 july
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Stufe drei
by Nathan Nill
Fiction | Germany | 2012 | 35mm | 25 min.
Maik just wants to get through his community service hours at the home for the disabled as quickly as possible. But he soon starts to wonder who really needs the support here – he himself, the disabled, or maybe even the social workers?34. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany;...» location: MONSELICE, Giardini del Castello
» date: saturday 20 july
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The fugue
by Xavier Bonnin
Fiction | France | 2012 | HD | 20 min.
Simona, a woman in her forties, is presenting cheese samples in some parisian suburbs supermarket, Aubervilliers has a surprise : Out of nowhere, her ex-lover, Michel, is there, among the clients.» location: MONSELICE, Giardini del Castello
» date: saturday 20 july
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The mass of men
by Gabriel Gauchet
Fiction | UK | 2012 | 16mm | 17 min.
Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness. To avoid plunging further into destitution, Richard takes desperate measures.» location: MONSELICE, Complesso Monumentale S. Paolo
» date: saturday 20 july
