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| Seven recent short films will be presented in one short film program lasting approximately 115 minutes. Each short is preceded by a director video. The audience will vote on their favorite short favorite short. | ||
| PLOT: | In Southern Italy, there is a spot where the Greek mountains of the Othonoi island are visible. It is there, by the rocky shores, that five young friends end up in the ocean during a storm. Pati, the oldest one of them, disappears in the waves. When the adults of the town decide to stop their search, the young friends, who are certain that Pati was able to reach the Greek island, build a radio station to try to contact him. |  |
| DIRECTORS: | Francesco Lorusso | |
| YEAR: | 2020 | |
| LENGTH: | 17’17” | |
| GENRE: | Drama | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Broga Doite | |
| PLOT: | The personal journey of a motivated and determined biomedical researcher who was marked by the early loss of his mother during his childhood. |  |
| DIRECTOR: | Gianluca Mangiasciutti | |
| YEAR: | 2021 | |
| LENGTH: | 11’48” | |
| GENRE: | Drama | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Tiny Distribution | |
| PLOT: | A summer day in the early 2000s, the young Sofia visits her grandparents in the countryside. She gets attached to the land and the wheat that her grandparents produce. Years later, a successful entrepreneurs, she reminisces on words and feelings of those magic and crucial moments. |  |
| DIRECTOR: | Daniele Pignatelli | |
| YEAR: | 2021 | |
| LENGTH: | 13’06” | |
| GENRE: | Environment/Social | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution | |
| PLOT: | During a game amongst friends, a boy gets lost in the wood becoming the witness of different events in a borderland and taking a painful look at History. Where are we? And most importantly, when? |  |
| DIRECTOR: | Emanuela Ponzano | |
| YEAR: | 2020 | |
| LENGTH: | 18’30” | |
| GENRE: | Drama | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Sayonara Film | |
| PLOT: | Amanda riunisce la sua famiglia per scattare una foto. Mira a uno scatto perfetto, ma tutto sembra andare a rotoli. Amanda si chiede se possa esistere la perfezione. |  |
| DIRECTOR: | Eleonora Mozzi | |
| YEAR: | 2021 | |
| LENGTH: | 11’17” | |
| GENRE: | Comedy | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Shorts Fit Distribucion | |
| PLOT: | A small town in Southern Italy is shocked by the death of Maria La Torre, a young dancer who has died of anorexia. Ester, a classmate who saw Maria as an ideal of beauty and talent, is to most shaken one. |  |
| DIRECTOR: | Lorenzo Tiberia | |
| YEAR: | 2021 | |
| LENGTH: | 15’00” | |
| GENRE: | Drama | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution | |
| PLOT: | Returning from a dinner party with friends, a young couple finds themselves locked outside their house, and must deal with what is left of their relationship. |  |
| DIRECTOR: | Tommaso Santambrogio | |
| YEAR: | 2021 | |
| LENGTH: | 20’06” | |
| GENRE: | Drama | |
| AWARDS: | Nominated Best Short: David Donatello | |
| SOURCE: | Courtesy of Sayonara Film | |
| TIMES: | April 1, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time til 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 3 | |
| The Short Program was curated by the Italian Film Festival USA. | ||
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