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MAREMETRAGGIO 2021
Virtual Reality returns to the ShorTS IFF 2021
The 22nd edition of the festival will see the return of ShorTS Virtual Reality, the section dedicated entirely to VR short films.
For 5 days from the 5th to the 9th July, free screenings of the 13 selected films will be held at the Casa del Cinema in Trieste.
which will be transformed into a virtual cinema, where audiences can try out the new technology at individual stations equipped with headsets and revolving armchairs.
Virtual reality returns to Trieste. Following the success of previous years, the 22nd edition of ShorTS International Film Festival marks the return of the competitive section ShorTS Virtual Reality, dedicated entirely to short films shot in virtual reality.
The section spans five days from Thursday 5th to Friday 9th July, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Casa del Cinema in Trieste, where the free screenings of the 13 works in competition will take place. The rooms in Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi will be transformed into a virtual movie theatre, where spectators will be able to experience this new technology. Each station will be equipped with a visor and a revolving armchair that will allow viewers to watch the short films in competition and move 360° whilst experiencing this new approach to cinema.
This year the section will feature 13 short films made using the virtual reality technique in monoscopic or stereoscopic versions. The winning short film will win the people’s choice prize of €2,000.00.
The 13 shorts in competition are from a wide range of places, including from the United States, China, Iran, Australia, Romania and Italy. The genres range from more experimental works to fictional shorts and those that tackle more contemporary issues, but they all involve this virtual reality aspect. Thanks to virtual reality, technology can be utilised in the process of artistic expression and offers the audience at ShorTS a new way of experiencing the art of cinema.
Thanks to VR technology we have the opportunity to experience out of the ordinary situations, places and perspectives that would otherwise be alive only in our imaginations. These shorts often take us on an emotional journey, for example Shao Qing’s Black Bag is a Chinese short film in virtual reality that employs the artistic effect of 2D brushstrokes in a story that raises crucial questions about human nature. The story revolves around Mr. S, an ex-member of the military and now a regular bank clerk, who fantasises about a major robbery: a dream that will soon become a reality.
om Taiwan, Hsu Chih-Yen’s short film Jiou Jia – Home, uses an evocative sequence shot to outline the portrait of a family and its relational dynamics. Thanks to the immersive experience of virtual reality, the spectator sees from the point of view of the infirm grandmother, around whom the members of a large family gather during a summer afternoon. This is a touching work that involves the viewer in a perfect dialogue between real and virtual.
There is a place for fantasy too with the Swiss film La stanza di Hermann by Antonio Librera, a ghost story in VR set in a hotel reminiscent of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. The US short film Hominidae by Brian Andrews offers an immersive experience in the sci-fi genre, telling the story of an arachnid hominid with great visual impact, as does the French production Odyssey 1.4.9 by François Vautier, a breathtaking VR journey into the heart of the visual effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey in a tribute that reveals the secrets of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece.
Two of the Italian works selected include the Italian-Indian production Om Devi: Sheroes Revolution by award-winning documentary filmmaker Claudio Casale, who had previously made My Tyson, a 2018 Nastri d’Argento nominee, winner of the MigrArti Best Documentary Award at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and Best Short and Best Editing at ShorTS 2018. He also made Shero, in the David di Donatello shortlist for Best Short Film 2021. Here, at his debut using virtual reality, the director takes an realistic journey into today’s India, through the eyes of three women who, in different ways, tell their dreams of gender equality in a country shaken by claims for fundamental civil rights. Also coming from Italy is the short film VR Free by Milad Tangshir, produced by Valentina Noya – Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema – and made with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte thanks to the Under35 Digital Video Contest. The short film explores the essence of being in detention in the Lorusso and Cutugno prisons in Turin, capturing the reaction of some inmates watching immersive videos on life outside prison. Using VR visors and headsets, the inmates virtually took part in some public and private situations that they can no longer experience, such as watching a sports match at the stadium, a disco party, or meeting their family in a park. Presented as a world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and selected for numerous festivals, Milad Tangshir’s documentary immerses the viewer in the little-known world of prisons, reigniting the important debate on detention spaces.
“The return of ShorTS International Film Festival in person also marks the return of immersive cinema” – explains video designer and creative technologist Antonio Giacomin, the new curator of the ShorTS Virtual Reality section – “and with that comes the return of virtual reality in person after a year of things being virtual not by choice, and the totally virtual 2020 edition of the festival. In a time when the terms ‘virtual’, ‘immersive’, ‘in person’ are now part of everyday life and we are almost addicted to them, the return of the section dedicated to virtual reality – or rather, to immersive cinema in person – is a strong sign. This shows a desire to participate, to compare, to understand. Immersive cinema holds a narrative power that allows the author to observe their world and their story from a privileged point of view, leaving the spectator time to draw conclusions by accompanying them on the journey they have just made. We can therefore say with gusto: welcome back ShorTS Virtual Reality in person!”
The screenings of the short films in the ShorTS Virtual Reality section will be free of charge however booking is compulsory, following the instructions on the festival’s official website www.maremetraggio.com.
Director Giuseppe M. Gaudino stars in a special tribute at ShorTS IFF
ShorTS IFF announces a tribute to Campania filmmaker Giuseppe M. Gaudino,
who on Thursday 8th July will lead a meeting with the audience at the Ariston Cinema and an online masterclass.
The programme includes a special screening of his film “Giro di lune tra terra e mare”
(Around the moons between land and sea), which finally returns to cinemas 24 years after its initial release on 35mm film,
and “Per questi stretti morire (Cartografia di una passione)”
(For these narrow passages to die (Cartography of a passion)), shot with Isabella Sandri,
the screenwriter and producer of the film and a filmmaker from Campania, who will be present at the screening.
ShorTS International Film Festival, the film festival taking place in Trieste both in person and online from 1st to 10th July, announces “Rewind!”, a selection curated by Luigi Abiusi. This year it includes a tribute to the director Giuseppe M. Gaudino, made in collaboration with the Cineteca Nazionale.
On Thursday 8th July, the filmmaker from Pozzuoli, Naples, and director of some very mysterious and hypnotic films, will take part in an online masterclass conducted by journalist Luigi Abiusi, which will be broadcasted on the Festival’s Facebook page. He will also partake in a meeting with the public at 8.00 p.m. at the Cinema Ariston in Trieste, which he will host with director and producer Isabella Sandri.
Also scheduled for Thursday 8th July is the special screening of his film “Giro di lune tra terra e mare” (1997), of which he is also producer and co-writer with Isabella Sandri. The film finally returns to the cinema and will be screened at the ShorTS Festival in Trieste in 35mm film, twenty-four years after its participation in the Competition at the Venice Film Festival and its first theatrical release. The setting of the narrative is Pozzuoli, the director’s hometown and a place steeped in ancient history and mystery. Here, a family attempts to survive as they move from home to home in an area devastated by earthquakes. The film has won numerous awards (including the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, the Golden Grolla for Directing at Saint-Vincent and the Best Director Award at the Semana dos Realizadores at Fantasporto) and has been selected at some of the world’s major festivals.
The evening of Thursday 8th July will continue with the screening of “Per questi stretti morire (Cartografia di una passione)” (2010), shot by Gaudino together with Isabella Sandri, who is also its screenwriter and producer. This is a powerful and evocative documentary film on the Italian explorer Alberto Maria De Agostini, who left as a missionary for Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in 1910. The work was awarded the City of Imola Prize for Best Italian Film at the 2011 Trento Film Festival, as well as the Special Jury Prize at the 18th Premio Libero Bizzarri. Also scheduled for 8th July is the screening of one of the many short films shot by Gaudino, “Aldis, amore 101, 102, 103”.
Born in Pozzuoli in 1957, Giuseppe M. Gaudino graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, and attended DAMS, specialising in Performing Arts, in Bologna. He went on to study at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and graduated with a diploma in Scenography, subsequently specialising in Film and Television Direction.
He made his debut in 1985 with “Aldis”, which was selected at numerous festivals. In 1988, with the film “00580 Annotazioni per un Documentario su Pozzuoli”, Gaudino began a creative narrative on the Campi Flegrei, which he would develop into further new film, documentary and radio works: “Per il Rione Terra”, “L’Assunta”, “Verso Baia”, “Giro di Lune: video-trailer per un progetto di film”, “Là dove Bocca, Sguardo e Cuore s’incontrano”. At the XIV Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema di Pesaro in 2000 he received the CinemAvvenire Award as Emerging Author of 90s Italian Cinema. His later works have a global focus (Afghanistan, Middle East, Latin America, Tierra del Fuego), always oriented towards experimentation with new languages and production models.
New deadline for applications for the ShorTS Pitching Training
The deadline for registration has been extended until 22 May 2021!
There is one more week to submit your project for a short film.
Please click here for further details and the online form.
To apply, participants must already have a project for a short film and all the materials required in the form.
The application to participate is free of charge. Selected participants will have to pay a fee of 30 euros to attend the workshop.
The 5 selected projects will be published on 30 May.
Good luck!
Masterclass with the director Davide del Degan
On Thursday 6 May, the Trieste-based director will be holding an online Masterclass dedicated to AcegasApsAmga and Gruppo Hera employees in collaboration with ShorTS International Film Festival.
The meeting will be attended by 55 Hera Group employees, who will make up the jury awarding of the AcegasApsAmga Prize of 3,000 euros to the best Italian short film at the 22nd edition of the Trieste Film Festival.
On Thursday 6 May at 18:00, the Trieste-based director Davide del Degan will be holding an online Masterclass dedicated to AcegasApsAmga and Gruppo Hera employees in collaboration with ShorTS International Film Festival.
The Zoom meeting will be attended by 55 Gruppo Hera employees participating in the initiative. They will make up the jury awarding the AcegasApsAmga Prize to the best Italian short film at the 22nd edition of the Trieste Film Festival, which is to be held online and in person in the city of Trieste from 1st to 10th July 2021. The prestigious award, which is one of the new features of the 2021 edition of the event, includes a cash prize of 3,000 euros to the best Italian short film.
In June, after independently viewing the selected Italian short films, the jurors will take part in another meeting with the five directors of the five short films on the short list, followed by a final meeting with director Davide del Degan to decide on the winning work.
Following last year’s initiative, which already had strong support from the group’s employees, ShorTS IFF’s idea has been confirmed for this year’s edition. The prize will act as a “front-runner” for the same initiative within other short film festivals in which Hera Group is a partner.
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MAREMETRAGGIO 2021
Immerse yourself into the fresh selection of Maremetraggio, the core section of ShorTS IFF!
81 shorts from around the world in competition in the Maremetraggio section
The Trieste-based event, this year scheduled live and on the web from 1 to 10 July 2021, announces the section traditionally dedicated to shorts that have won awards at major international festivals.
The 2021 selection features 81 works from 44 different countries, with genres ranging from animation to current affairs.
Behind the camera are very many female directors, Italian filmmakers and Oscar nominees.
The shorts in the Maremetraggio section will be judged by an international jury, composed of German director and screenwriter Ella Cieslinski, French actress Nadia Kibout and director and producer Amos Geva.
81 short films from 44 different countries. These are the figures for Maremetraggio, the competitive section traditionally dedicated to shorts in the ShorTS International Film Festival, the Trieste-based film event now in its 22nd edition, which this year will take place live and on the web from 1 to 10 July 2021.
The Maremetraggio section features the best shorts from all over the world that have won prizes at major international festivals in 2020, such as Nina by Hristo Simeonov, Bulgarian short nominated at the 2020 European Film Awards and winner of numerous prizes, including the Prix Hans Christian Andersen, starring a 13-year-old girl determined to escape from the overbearing Vassil, who wants her to become a pickpocket. Vincent Tilanus’s Marlon Brando from the Netherlands, one of the short films in the Cannes 2020 Semaine de la Critique and in the running for the EFA 2021, tells the story of a brotherly friendship between two teenagers, threatened by their plans for the future that could drive them apart. Belgian-Ghanaian short film Da Yie by Anthony Nti, on the other hand, is a candidate for the 2021 Oscars. Through its two very young stars it portrays a ruthless world, supported by impeccable performances and directing of a disquieting delicacy. The journey to reunite with a loved one is at the heart of Sameh Alaa’s I am afraid to forget your face, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and the first Egyptian film in 50 years to take part in the shorts competition. Vietnamese director Linh Duong has won prizes all over the world and is participating in ShorTS 2021 with the short A Trip to Heaven, which takes us on a bus along the Mekong Delta where a woman meets an old flame from her youth. The journey continues with the Turkish-produced short film Pilgrims by Iranian directors Ali Asgari and Farnoosh Samadi, in which two children decide to go against their father’s wishes and leave for Istanbul in search of their mother.
Among the Italian works in competition we find Gas Station by Olga Torrico from Caserta, director and actor in the short film that won the SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema Award at the Venice Film Festival for best technical contribution. From the Alice nella Città selection comes Ape Regina by Nicola Sorcinelli, that tells a story of solidarity and acceptance. Also from Italy is La tecnica by Clemente De Muro and Davide Mardegan, presented at the Leeds International Film Festival and the Turin Film Festival, which deals with the theme of first love, and the short Il confine è un bosco by Friuli director Giorgio Milocco and produced by the Quasar company, also from Friuli, and selected at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival. A story of physical and interior borders, told through the story of a man on the threshold of old age who lives far from his homeland. The lead character is Ivan, a sixty-year-old worker born in former Yugoslavia, who lives with his wife in Torviscosa, a small village in Friuli. One day he decides to embark on a journey that will take him back to the places of his childhood, in an attempt to atone for a sense of guilt that he has carried within him since childhood.
Plenty of space for animation, including the French short Sheep, Wolf and A Cup of Tea by Marion Lacourt, which uses 2D animation to recreate a dreamlike world of childhood, the Italian film Solitaire by Edoardo Natoli, which uses the stop-motion technique to tell a touching story of loneliness, or again Your Own Bullshit by Daria Kopiec, a playful and poetic stop-motion Polish short.
The 81 works in the competition will compete for the prestigious EstEnergy/Gruppo Hera prize of 5,000 euros for the best short film, while a new feature is to be the introduction of a cash prize of 3,000 euros for the best Italian short film (AcegasApsAmga prize), awarded once again this year by a jury made up entirely of employees of the Group at the end of a training course that will begin on 6 May with the Masterclass by director Davide del Degan. Another award is the AMC Prize for best Italian editing and the MYmovies Audience Award has also been confirmed.
Composer and programmer Massimiliano Nardulli, as from this year the new curator of the Maremetraggio section, already artistic director of several international festivals including Brest European Short Film Festival, Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and!f Istanbul, as well as a voting member of the Académie des Arts et Technique du Cinéma – César (France) and of the Gopo Awards (Romania), said: “I believe that the selection we’re presenting, possibly also carried along by the enthusiasm of my first experience as programmer of this historic and prestigious festival, responds to the dreams and needs that every cinematic experience should offer to every spectator. And today, more than ever, it’s important to feed on stories and visions from the most disparate corners of our planet”.
The shorts in the Maremetraggio section will be judged by an international jury, composed of German director and screenwriter Ella Cieslinski, French-Algerian actress Nadia Kibout and director and producer Amos Geva, international head of the Israeli online platform T-Port.
500 Calories di Cristina Spina
54 / The Blind Turtle and the Endless Sea di Isabella Margara
A ninguna parte (Into Nothingness) di Manu Manrique
Affascin di Elisa Baccolo
Al-Sit di Suzannah Mirghani
Anche gli uomini hanno fame (Men Are Hungry Too) di Gabriele Licchelli, Francesco Lorusso, Andrea Settembrini
Ape Regina (Queen Bee) di Nicola Sorcinelli
Artgerecht (Organic Love) di Carly Coco Schrader
Aura di Chun Chun Chang
Balkanika di Lu Pulici
Bambirak di Zamarin Wahdat
Cayenne di Simon Gionet
Charon di Yannick Karcher
The Cloud Is Still There di Mickey Lai
Il confine è un bosco (My Border, My Forest) di Giorgio Milocco
Cris Superstar di Guillermo Fernández Groizard
Da Yie di Anthony Nti
Da-Dzma (A Sister and a Brother) di Jaro Minne
Dante. Beatrice di Iryna Kodjukova
David di Zach Woods
Day-in Day-out di Anna Török
Les deux couillons (The Two Idiots) di Thibault Segouin
Dis moi oui (Tell Me Yes) di Sophie Clavaizolle
Dye Red di Vittoria Campaner
Eggshell di Ryan William Harris
Entre tú y Milagros (Between You and Milagros) di Mariana Saffon Ramírez
Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss di Sonny Calvento
Explosionen av en badring (The Explosion of a Swimming Ring) di Tommi Seitajoki
Ferrotipos di Nüll García
Gas Station di Olga Torrico
La grande onda (The Big Wave) di Francesco Tortorella
I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face di Sameh Alaa
Interstate 8 di Anne Thieme
It’s Desmond (Your Misguided Tour Guide) di Daniela Di Salvo
Ja i moja gruba dupa (My Fat Arse and I) di Yelyzaveta Pysmak
Jeep Boys di Alec Pronovost
Kilt di Rakel Ström
Knitting Club for Men over 40 di Egor Gavrilin
Kosher di Gideon Imagor
Lah gah (Letting Go) di Cécile Brun
Magnética di Marco Arruda
Marlon Brando di Vincent Tilanus
Martin est tombé d’un toit (Martin Fell from a Roof) di Matías Ganz
Masmelos di Duván Duque
May I Have This Seat? di Tabish Habib
Migrations di Jerome Peters
Navazandeh (Musician) di Mohsen Mehri Darouei
Nina di Hristo Simeonov
Noite perpétua (Perpetual Night) di Pedro Peralta
Numéro 10 di Florence Bamba
Los océanos son los verdaderos continentes (The Oceans Are the Real Continents) di Tommaso Santambrogio
Pain di Anna Rose Duckworth
Painting by Numbers di Radheya Jegatheva
Paranoia! di Dilek Kulekci
Pendeja (Stupid) di Sebastián Torres
Plava granica (Blue Frontier) di Ivan Milosavljević
Play for Everyone di Ivan Petukhov
Plot (Cone) di Sébastien Auger
Pustolovine Glorije Scott – Umorstvo u katedrali (The Adventures of Gloria Scott – Murder in the Cathedral) di Matija Pisačić, Tvrtko Rašpolić
Sad Beauty di Arjan Brentjes
Les saisons sauvages (Wild Seasons) di Nathalie Giraud
Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea… (Moutons, loup et tasse de thé…) di Marion Lacourt
El silencio del rio (The Silence of the River) di Francesca Canepa
Simulation of Mr. Yellow di Mahan Khomamipour
Skräpytan (Wasteland) di Daniel Milton
Solitaire di Edoardo Natoli
Stephanie di Leonardo van Dijl
Sticker di Georgi M. Unkovski
La tecnica di Clemente De Muro, Davide Mardegan
Teslimat (The Delivery) di Doğuş Özokutan
Thiên đường gọi tê (A Trip to Heaven) di Linh Duong
Toi aussi ça te chatouille? (Do You Also Feel a Tingle?) di Lucía Valverde
Tres pasos (Three Steps) di Antonello Matarazzo
Välguga löödud (Struck by Lightning) di Raul Esko, Romet Esko
Virago di Kerli Kirch Schneider
Viskas gerai (It’s Alright) di Jorūnė Greičiūtė
Wet & Soppy di Cliona Noonan
Wild Grass di Shan Wu
Własne śmieci (Your Own Bullshit) di Daria Kopiec
Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother di Stephen Irwin
Yolcular (Pilgrims) di Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari
ShorTS International Film Festival is organised with funding from: Mibact – Central Department for Cinema, Friuli Venezia Giulia regional authorities- Department of Culture, Friuli Venezia Giulia regional authorities- Department of Production and Tourism, Trieste City Council, EstEnergy – Gruppo Hera, AcegasApsAmga. technical partner MYMovies.it. Our thanks go to Fondazione K. F. Casali.
ShorTS Pitching Training 2021
3-day online workshop for short films
2-3-4 July 2021
ShorTS International Film Festival, in collaboration with NISI MASA – European Network of Young Cinema and the Italian Short Film Centre is once again offering the ShorTS Pitching Training for this edition, a workshop for young directors in with a project in mind for a short film. During the workshop participants will learn the basics of creating effective and persuasive pitches for their projects. Moreover, as part of the collaboration between ShorTS IFF and Italian Short Film Centre, the best pitch/best project among the projects selected for ShorTS Pitching Training 2021 will be invited to join the 6th Torino Short Film Market.
Following the success of last year’s edition, the ShorTS Pitching Training will take place in an online format once again. The participants with the 5 selected projects will participate in 3 days of workshops, comprising of individual and group lessons with the tutor Jérôme Nunes of NISI MASA. The classes will be held in English and the detailed programme for the three days will be provided to participants after registration closes, but will include:
– time in individual sessions focused on the project presented by the individual participants, creating an opportunity for analysis and discussion of the presented project and to exchange opinions on it
– time in individual sessions focussed on the pitch, in order to learn the basics of creating effective pitches and to work on your own project
– time in the group sessions for all participants and the tutor to discuss the projects together
At the end of the workshop, participants will have to create an additional 5-minute video-pitch in which they will put into practice what they learned during the two-day workshop. The projects will then be presented to a small circle of producers.
The workshop will take place on 2-3-4 July 2021. More information on the organisation of the two-day workshop will be provided to participants at a later date.
To register:
In order to participate in the workshop, you need to register online through the form available below. To apply, participants must already have a project for a short film and all the materials required in the form.
The deadline for submitting the application is 15 May. The 5 selected projects will be published on 30 May.
The application to participate is free of charge. Selected participants will have to pay a fee of 30 euros to attend the workshop.
Luka Zunic to receive the 2021 Premio Prospettiva
Luka Zunic, co-starring in Non Odiare, to receive the 2021 Premio Prospettiva award at the
ShorTS International Film Festival
The young actor co-starring in Mauro Mancini’s film alongside Alessandro Gassmann and Sara Serraiocco will receive the award at the historic Trieste film event, scheduled to be held in the in the city and online from 2 to 10 July 2021.
Luka Zunic is to be awarded the Premio Prospettiva, prize dedicated by the Festival for 12 years to up-and-coming talents in Italian cinema.
ShorTS International Film Festival, the historic Trieste film event organised by Associazione Maremetraggio and scheduled to run from 2 to 10 July 2021 in the city and online, has announced the winner of the Premio Prospettiva 2021. The prestigious award of the 22nd Festival is to go to Luka Zunic, young co-star of the film Non Odiare (Thou Shalt Not Hate) directed by Mauro Mancini (the only Italian film in competition at the 35th International Critics’ Week of the 2020 Venice Film Festival), in which he plays alongside Alessandro Gassmann and Sara Serraiocco in the complex and intense role of a teenager tainted with racial hatred. Luka Zunic won the NuovoImaie Talent Award 2020 at Venice 77 for this performance.
Filmed also in Trieste and distributed in Italy by Notorious Pictures, Non Odiare tells the story of Simone Segre (Alessandro Gassmann), a successful surgeon of Jewish origin who, while helping a man injured in a road accident, notices the tattoo of a Nazi symbol on his chest and decides to abandon him to his fate. A few days later, ridden with guilt, he tracks down the man’s family in a suburban neighbourhood – his eldest daughter Marica (Sara Serraiocco), his teenage son Marcello (Luka Zunic), who shows the same racist inclinations as his father, and little Paolo (Lorenzo Buonora).
The film, produced by Mario Mazzarotto, is an Italy/Poland co-production – Movimento film and Agresywna banda, with Rai Cinema, in association with Notorious Pictures, and was made with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities – General Directorate for Cinema, the Polish Film Institute and in collaboration with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission. The film also received three David di Donatello 2021 award nominations for best debut director (Mauro Mancini), best composer (Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi) and best original song (Miles Away by Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi, lyrics and performance by Ginevra Nervi).
Born and raised in Riva del Garda, Trentino, and very young like the character he plays, Luka Zunic showed himself in this film to be an actor of great natural talent, a standout in auditions with his nervous anger and muted fragility that immediately won over director Mauro Mancini. “Luka’s performance, in his first co-starring role, was a gamble we both took and won together”, declared Mancini, “working side by side every day after lengthy preparation in which we left nothing to chance, concentrating on every aspect and nuance of his character”.
The co-director of ShorTS IFF, Maurizio di Rienzo, describes the Trieste Festival choice as follows: “Facial expression, body language, conscious bewilderment and unparented rebellion are the key points of in the remarkable performance by Zunic, a 19-year-old with a clearly precocious ability to balance expressions and silences. Luka has a convincing sensitivity and natural versatility. He really does have… the prospect of a promising future”.
Since its inception, the Premio Prospettiva of the ShorTS International Film Festival has specifically staked on the future of the young talents discovered by the Trieste event each year. Through this award, ShorTS will once again in 2021 turn the spotlight on a promising newcomer to Italian cinema. A gamble which, over time, has been vindicated by the careers of the various recipients of this award from the Festival, including Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Marinelli, Michele Riondino, Matilda De Angelis, Daphne Scoccia, Sharon Caroccia, Francesco Di Napoli and Giulio Pranno.
22nd ShorTS International Film Festival 2021
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