Submissions to the 19th edition of ShorTS IFF are now open

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN

Since the 23rd October, it is now possible to submit your work to the 19th edition of the ShorTs International Film Festival, organised by the Maremetraggio association.

The Festival will take place in Trieste, Italy from the 29th June to the 7th July 2018 with important works of great acclaim. 

In the previous announcement for the next edition, a new section was introduced alongside Maremetraggio, Last Chance,  SweeTS4Kids and Nuove Impronte. In 2018, you will also be able to compete in ShorTS Virtual Reality

To compete in the Maremetraggio section, Short Films must have already won any prize in a competition on an international level during 2017, whereas in the Last Chance section, any Short Film can compete without having won any prize beforehand. 

In the ShorTs Virtual Reality section,  Short Films that have been shot in a monoscopic or stereoscopic version of VR can participate. 

As usual in the SweeTS4Kids section, Short Films of any genre dedicated to children aged 8 to 13 years can participate, whilst the Nuove Impronte section is dedicated to the emerging talents of Italian feature length films. 

All projections will, as usual, take place next July, under the stars on the beautiful open space of the Piazza Verdi, but the festival is working to find a “home” in 2018 that can host the meetings, workshops, round tables, and all the films produced in VR that will be shown at the Festival. An accessible place for all that can draw the grand public closer to the day-long activities of the festival and the technological innovations in the field of cinema.

In order to submit your Short Films, it is necessary to complete the online form on the website www.maremetraggio.com OR use one of the following platforms:

Festhome  (https://festhome.com/f/2418)

Filmfreeway  (https://filmfreeway.com/festival/ShorTSInternationalFilmFestival

The directors/producers/distributors of the Short Films must complete the submission no later than the 28th February 2018. 

In regards to the Nuove Impronte section, 7 films by young directors will be invited by Beatrice Fiorentino, film critic and curator of the section. 

A jury composed of experts in the Film Industry will then award the following main prizes: 

Maremtraggio Section

  • Award for the best Short Film (5.000€)
  • Award for the best animated Short and visual effects
  • Studio Universal Award for the best Italian Short
  • Award for the best non-distributed Short
  • ‘Oltre il Muro’ Award for the best Italian Short
  • Award for the best editing
  • Audience Award – best Short as voted by the audience

Virtual Reality Section

  • Award for the best Virtual Reality Short

Nuove Impronte Section

  • Award for the best film
  • Audience Award for the best film – as voted by the public
  • AGICI Award for the best production
  • SNCCI Award for the best Film 
  • ANAC Award for the best cinematography 

SweeTS4Kids Section

  • Award for the best children’s Short

 

You can find the complete rules and regulations on www.maremetraggio.com.

 

Download here the press realease

ShorTS 2017 All the winners

THE WINNERS

MAREMETRAGGIO SECTION

The EstEnergy award for best short film goes to

Meje by Damjan Kozole for the capacity to create a contemporary drama that touches millions of people, and re-establishes scope in an extraordinary synthesis that above all invests in in mis-en-scene.

The Makinarium Award for the best animation and visual effects goes to Kaboom by Romain Daudet Jahan.

For the explosiveness of the idea and the incredible visual and chromatic impact of the images. For its capacity to transport the viewer into an artificial, yet familiar, ironic and playful micro-world.

The Studio Universal Award for the best Italian short goes to Djinn Tonic by Domenico Guidetti for its capacity to concentrate into one interior setting and in just a few minutes, a comic visionary story full of twists that, thanks to the cleverness of the interpretation, we see the socially dramatic reality of youth unemployment.    

The Premiere Film Award for the un-distributed short is assigned ex aequo to both Samedi Cinema by Mamadou Dia and Siyah Çember by Hasan Can Dağlı.

 

SAMEDI CINEMA

A story of desire and friendship. The film is a passionate journey in which, thanks to education, the two young protagonists find a way to win the chance to make their dream come true. But it is in this moment that their relationship is put to the test when one of them will have to choose between making his dream come true alone or sharing in disappointment. A profound story which has already been acknowledged at the last Mostra del Cinema in Venice and in Toronto, Prem1ere Film will be proud to distribute this all around Italy.

 

SIYAH ÇEMBER

Can the beauty of the human body be used and transformed into something terrible? The short film Siyah Çember seems to pose this question through a chilling and masterfully directed story. The splendid location and the cold colours that remind many of a thriller/horror masterpiece such as Hostel di Eli Roth, makes it a brief film that would merit being developed into a feature length film. Prem1ere Film has transformed a short film into a long film in the past and we wish Siyah Çember luck in following in the footsteps of that project (Ice Scream, ndr).

The Oltre il Muro Award for the best Italian short film goes to A Girl Like You by Gianluca Mangiasciutti and Massimo Loi for a captivating screenplay, that confronts the theme of loneliness, of the growth and the fear of a teenager in the search for her freedom, through balanced dialogue, suspended places on the verge between the real and the mystical, and a recitation of the two protagonists.

The Trieste Caffè Award to the best short voted for by the public goes to Candie Boy by Arianna Del Grosso.

The Premio AMC to the best Italian editing goes to Lo Steinway by Massimo Ottoni by Massimo Ottoni. Animation is often a courageous choice, particularly in this case where it is used to recount the harsh and concrete reality of the trenches. But when it is made in such a clever way, like Lo Steinway, it can thrill and cause one to reflect at the same time. Judging the editing of an animated film is not always easy, but here Centoducti and Ottini’s profound knowledge of the cinematic language is evident.

They manage the materials as if it were a film with real actors: skilfully describing the space and the relationships between the two armies using long shots and camera movements; transmitting the conflicting emotions of the soldiers in their very first plans and transporting the viewer into a dreamlike state using musical sequences.  

Finally the combining of the two different techniques, stop motion and animated design, is masterful and without a continuous solution. Reinstating, in an evocative manner the separation of the main characters’ ‘real’ from their imaginary and contributing to making this short film even more individual within its genre.

The Mercurius Prize for the best Junghian themed short was assigned to Death in a Day by Lin Wang for her great human sensibility and psychological intuition, also for her high cinematic courage.

Death in a Day presents the deceptive power of the cinematic story. The film is full of fresh and surprising images and the editing produces anticipation, ambiguity and mystery. In this way, Death in a Day uses processes of psychological reflection and intuition thanks to which many of us are able to respond to what is on the screen. We don’t react to stimuli, but we find catapults on the interior of the scene along with the characters. We are made responsible for the fact that there is always something more than we can see, both in time and space. The director Lin Wang seems to have a natural sensibility for the choice of places, context and of the ‘crucial moments’ that change lives forever. In this way Death in a Day invites us to delve into a hermetic vision.

The antique Greek god Hermes (Mercury to the Romans) was the ferryman of souls towards the underworld, the guide through the profound dimensions of life. In this way like the boy was guided by nature, by the flowing river and the vision of his father (on the trajectory between life and death), the viewer is guided into a dimension where the opposites of life and death are reconciled in a moment of epiphany. For this special take achieved in a short film, we have awarded Death in a Day with our first ever Mercurius Prize.

 

NUOVE IMPRONTE SECTION

The Hera Comm Award for the best film has been jointly awarded to Orecchie by Alessandro Aronadio for its courage in abating a popular cinematic genre like comedy with a personal and innovative look that launches a challenge to new horizons. It has also been awarded to Babylonia Mon Amour by Pierpaolo Verdecchi for the exploration that opens the horizons of documentarian language and for its approach in recounting the real with a filtered look into authorship.

 

The Bakel Award for the best film as voted for by the public goes to Babylonia Mon Amour by Pierpaolo Verdecchi.

 

The ANAC Award for the best screenplay goes to Luca Infascelli, Carlo Salsa, Greta Scicchitano and Roberto De Paolis writers of the film Cuori Puri directed by Roberto De Paolis for developing, with the base of a true story, a cinematic story built up with characters, social conflicts and individual passions that they subtract to the banalization of the dominant televised narrative and maintain a realistic trend that never panders to predictable and discounted fictional schemes, particularly those referring to urban peripheries.    

The AGICI Award for the best production of an animated feature film goes to Costanza Coldagelli and the Matrioska production for Orecchie by Alessandro Aronadio. A generational dramedy told using an innovative language displaying the Italian panorama that confronts our principal genres- comedy- in no way discounted, bringing life to a little metropolitan cult. The production pointed to young talents such as the director and principal actors, intelligently supporting them with artistic cast members and experienced technicians. A production that can also be distinguished for a streamlined and independent financial construction, but in solid settings thanks to Biennale College Cinema.

 

The AGICI Award for the best documentarian feature film production goes to Daniele Ietri Pitton and the La Fournaise production for Sagre Balere by Alessandro Stevanon. The production involved 6 film Commissions and Regional funds in the support of this project that displays a rarely recounted aspect of culture, but one that is important and transversal in a society that forgets its convivial roots, music, food…. A manifesto of an ‘Italian life’ that after having conquered the national public has all the cards to reach out to an international public.

 

The SNCCI Award for the best film voted for by the jury of the Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici goes to Upwelling La Risalita delle Acque Profonde by Silvia Jop and Pietro Pasquetti for the originality of the vital and utopian look, on social life and politics, through a clever way of recounting the big and little resistances on thought and dominant acts. This is all thanks to the central role of the editing and sound used as creative practices. A film that is over whelming in its complex and affectionate testimony.

SEZIONE SWEETS4KIDS

The SweeTS4Kids Award for the best short goes to Einstein-Rosen by Olga Osorio.

OTHER:

This year the Prospettiva Award goes to Daphne Scoccia for her magnificent interpretation in Fiore by Claudio Giovannesi; for her adhesion to the character, the maudit charisma and the scenic presence demonstrated right from the start in this debut into the world of film.

The Conferma Award goes to Claudio Giovannesi, for his knowledge of the authorial scene demonstrating his artistic talent, but also having signalled a fundamental trend reversal on the Italian cinematic scene. The special mention from the Migrarti project goes to “Le Afriche Della Nostre Pianure”, acknowledgements withdrawn by Alberto Cicala and Paolo Luigi De Cesare.

 

Programme Friday 7th July 2017

At ShorTS on the morning of Friday 7th July Pivio will hold his musical masterclass, Suonare Il Cinema, entry is only permitted to those who have signed up. The lessons will take place at the Mediateca in via Roma. The press will be available upon request.

At 9pm we will set off from Piazza Verdi on the first of our cinematic walks: an evening outing  taking us to the rive, Molo, historical caffe’s and streets: The Trieste of directors at night time, a journey along the sea and around the city discovering how the cinema of yesterday and today has recounted the obscurities and the stories of Triestine nights. Booking is compulsory. You can book by calling +39 339 4535962 or by emailing esternogiornots@gmail.com

From 9 30pm, as always in Piazza Verdi the projections of the Maremettraggio section will begin:

Akita by Alastair Cummings, John Hickman (GB, 2016, 9’). A down on his luck labourer finds a friend in a seemingly abandoned dog.

Sore Eyes for Infinity by Elli Vuorinen (FIN, 2016, 12’). An optician’s workday is filled up by a line of extraordinary customers. One by one, she witnesses them using the optical equipment in suspicious ways.

Meje by Damjan Kozole (SLO, 2016, 10’). A nice day in a nice landscape. A crowd of refugees and migrants accompanied by police officers make their way from the Shengen area between Slovenia and Croatia toward the refugee camp in Brežice.

Love by Réka Bucsi (H–F, 2016, 14’). Love is a short film illustrating affection in three separate parts, through an impact in a distant solar system. The pulsing planet helps the inhabitants to connect in various ways.

Parusia napoletana by Rosa Maietta (I, 2016, 10’). Parusia, from the greek parousía, means ‘presence’ and generally indicates the presence of the divine, or of the ideal essence in a materialistic world. What could possibly happen in Naples in the Spagnoli quarters on the one day Naples plays.

Ascensão by Pedro Peralta (P, 2016, 18’). At dawn a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from a well.

Red by Ario Aaffarzadegan (IR, 2015, 2’). An alternative short story about Little Red Riding Hood.

RM10 by Emir Ezwan (MAL, 2015, 12’). The nocturnal adventures of a bank note.

Colombi by Luca Ferri (I, 2016, 20’). A couple in love spend a century together, as trends, objects, and films slowly drift into horror. They will age with the exclusion of the outside world, darkening and shutting up their house and withdrawing into them-selves, leafing through old encyclopaedias.

Semiliberi by Matteo Gentiloni (I, 2015, 10’). Alessandra is a loner, she doesn’t connect with anybody. One day she realizes that a plan thought up by female cell mates to succumb to house arrests could be just the opportunity she needs to escape from her loneliness.

Slovo by Leon Vidmar (SLO, 2016, 6’). Lovro sits in his bathtub. Looking sad, he stares at droplets dripping from the tap. Suddenly, the day he first went fishing with his grandpa springs his imagination into life….

Metube 2 – August sings Carmina Burana by Daniel Moshel (A, 2016, 5’). Elfie and her nerdy son August successfully proved themselves on their home webcam in MeTube 1. The odd pair venture onto the street to present the biggest, boldest, and sexiest operatic flash mob the internet has ever seen!

At 5pm at the Teatro Miela the projection and round table for the Mercurius Prize will take place: on the big screen we will see SPIRITS OF THE ROCKS by Peter Ammann (CH, 2002, 78’), a film which is very special to the Junghian society: The Bushmen lead us to the Spirits of the Rocks, rocks that conjure up the primordial man inside of us, which- externally at least- has long been repressed and maybe even destroyed.

To follow will be the panel UNA BUONA DOSE DI FOLLIA – CINEMA E ALTRI RIMEDI with: Murray Stein, Peter Ammann, Chiara Tozzi, Peppe dall’Acqua, Claudio Misculin. The meeting will be held by the journalist Rula Jebreal. 

Immediately afterward will be the projection of  L’ACCADEMIA DELLA FOLLIA by Anush Hamzehian (F, 2015, 52’):  L’Accademia della Follia is a theatre company created in the 70’s within the walls of the ex-psychiatric hospital in Trieste. The actors are people affected by psychological problems. The documentary is an account of the company and its principal actors.

At 6 30pm at the Cinema Ariston we will see a selection of the best British short films which have been put forth by the Encounters film festival in Bristol at SHORTS GOES BRITISH; 10 films that have been chosen from the most recent British productions.

At 9 30pm we will see the final film in the Nuove Impronte line-up: BABYLONIA MON AMOUR by Pierpaolo Verdecchi (I-E, 2017, 72’). The documentary follows the story of a group of Senegalese people who, for financial reasons, end up going to live in a European suburb in crisis. Their lives are a joke: someone recycles metal, others repair fishing nets, and others are drug-traffickers.

 

Programme 6th July 2017

Thursday 6th July we’re once again talking about the cinema of protagonists: In the Mediateca, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti are taking the second of the two days of workshops, Osservando La Materia. The workshop will take place between 10am and 1pm and from 3pm to 6pm and access is only available upon signing up. The press will be made available upon request.

 

In Piazza Verdi at 9 30pm the special event MINDEKI by Kristóf Deák (H, 2016, 25’) will be projected. Winner of the Oscar for the best short film 2017. Zsofi is having difficulties fitting into her new school. Singing in the school’s famous choir is her only consolation. But the choir director may not be the inspirational teacher everyone thinks she is….

 

To follow, the shorts in the line-up for the Maremetraggio section are:

 

Timecode by Junjo Giménez (E, 2016, 15’). Luna and Diego are parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift and Luna the day.

 A Girl Like You by Massimo Loi, Gianluca Mangiasciutti (I, 2016, 15’). Aurora and Alba are inseparable friends who are very different from each other. One lives in compliance with the rules, the other is independent and tries to look mature for her age. One day Alba convinces Aurora to leave for a secret and mysterious journey.

 

Die Brücke über den Fluss by Jadwiga Kowal Skach (CH 2016, 6’). A man on a bridge separated from the love of his life. Wanting to be with her one last time, he decides to go and seek her out.

 

Munitionnettes by Lara Cochetel (F, 2016, 2’). After receiving an official letter announcing the death of their husbands on the battle field, the women workers in a munitions factory decide to create their kind of revolution….

Death in a day by Lin Wang (USA, 2016, 14’). Evan is a young Chinese buy who, after visiting his comatose father, witnesses his mother’s struggle and must come to terms with the impending death falling upon the family.

False Flag by Asier Urbieta (E, 2016, 11’). Adem Lethani has been tortured and is tied up in an abandoned garage; he tries to break the ropes binding his hand when a jeep enters the garage and someone switches the light on….

Gionatan con la G by Gianluca Santoni (I, 2016, 15’). Gionatan is 9 years old, and has the eyes of an adult. He is In the hospital waiting room while his mother is receiving medical attention. He overhears his mother lying about wounds. Sweets in his hand and a terrible idea in his head, Gionatan decides to run away.

Bowl of Cherries by Hadi Moussally (F, 2016, 3’). Bonni Miller’ vertical portrait.

Mutants by Alexandre Dostie (CDN, 2016, 17’). In the Summer of 1996, life throws Keven Guénette a curveball…. and it strikes. Guided by his paraplegic baseball coach, kevin experiences mutation, sex and love.

Curse of the Flesh by Leslie Lavielle , Yannick Le Coeur (F, 2016, 17’). Invisible men upon a pirate ship land on an exotic island, where they hope to find a stone that will free them from their invisibility.

Nest by Chris Brake (GB, 2016, 3’). The story of an unconvential marriage; the husband is human but his wife has the head of a bird. When their relationship gets stuck in a rut, the husband decides that the only way to get close to his wife again is to become more bird-like himself.

283 frogs by Genadzi Buto (BY, 2016, 1’). What can happen when you flip quickly through 283 photos of squashed frogs?

 

At the Cinema Ariston at 7pm L’omaggio a D’Anolfi e Parenti brings forth SPIRA MIRABILIS (I, 2016, 121’). Earth: the statue of the dome of Milan. Water: a Japanese singer/scientiststudying a small immortal Medusa. Air: a pair of musicians who create metal instruments and sculptures. Fire: a sacred woman and a spiritual leader, and their little Lakota community. Heavens: Marina Vlady accompanies us on a journey whilst narrating L’immortale of Borges.

At 9 30pm in the line-up for Nuove Impronte we will see ORECCHIE by Alessandro Aronadio (I, 2016, 90’): A man wakes up one morning with an annoying buzzing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says, ‘Your friend Luigi has died’ P.S. I took the car’. The real problem is that he can’t actually remember who Luigi was. From intrusive nuns and sadistic doctors, Philipino hip-hop stars and dentist fiancés, comes a daytime tragecomedy about discovering the madness of the world on one of those days that changes your life forever.

 

Programme. 5th July 2017

Wednesday 5th July at ShorTS we’re talking about the cinema of protagonists: other than the Maremetraggio, Nuove Impronte and SweeTS4Kids line-ups, in the Mediateca, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti will be taking the first of two days of workshops called Osservando la Materia. The workshop will take place from 10am-1pm and from 3pm to 6pm; access is only available to those who have signed up. The press will be made available upon request.

At 9 30pm in Piazza Verdi, the short film It’s Fine, Anyway by Pivio and Marcello Saurino will be projected in the presence of the composer, Pivio: two women meet and have a one night stand. In the morning they say goodbye, promising to meet again. But the nature of their second meeting will be somewhat unexpected. For various reasons, they are both involved in secret battles.

In piazza Verdi at 9:30pm the short films in the line-up for the Maremetraggio section that will be projected are:

Il Silenzio by Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari (I, 2016, 15’). Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugess in Italy. On their visit to the doctor, Fatma has to translate what the doctor tells her mother, but instead she keeps silent.

Finché c’è vita c’è speranza  by Valerio Attanasio (I, 2015, 20’). A man proposes to his girlfriend. They don’t have much money, but the only thing that matters is love. What they still don’t know however, is that starting a family could be a very risky business!

The Witching Hour by Riley Geis (USA, 2016, 13’). On Halloween night George, a fearful young boy, crosses paths with the spooky and bewitching Susie, as she takes him by the hand on an adventurous night of mischief, into the haunted Beauregard Manor.

Estate by Ronny Trocker (F, 2016, 7’). On a sunny Mediterranean beach, time seems to stand still. A completely exhausted black man crawls across the sand in pain while around him no-one seems to notice. Inspired by a photo taken by Juan Medina on the Spanish beach of Gran Tarajal in 2006.

Biroun az in by Keivan Mohseni (IR, 2015, 1’). A surge of imagination eases a boy’s sadness….

Tilda by Katja Benrath (D, 2015, 14’). Tilda lives with her dolls. The only contact she has with the outside world is with Pastor Krause. She starches and irons his ruff but would never dream of looking him in the eye. One day, when the pastor dirties his freshly starched collar, everything changes.

Guantanamo Baby by Dieter Primig (D, 2015, 3’). This is the story of a hero baby. Trapped and imprisoned, he tries to avoid another portion of green spinach in the arms of his over-caressing mother, longing for a big escape!

Alzheimer’s: A Love Story by Gabe Schimmel , Monica Petruzzelli (USA, 2015, 16’). 12 years ago Greg was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and now lives at a memory care facility in Chicago. Every day a man named Michael comes and visits for a couple of hours. Michael has loved Greg since the day they met 40 years ago.

Reflections by Morgan Gruer (USA, 2017, 2’). What becomes of our memories? They are alive inside of us, even when reality is dead. The flightiness of love forces a girl to question if her relationship ever really existed, or if it was all in her head.

The Mile by Dmitry Korabelnikov (RUS, 2015, 16’). During a flight of fancy, a man does something of which the fatal consequences cannot be changed.

Mon dernier été by Paul Claude Demers (CDN, 2016, 15’). During a heat wave in Montreal, the 11 year old Tom meets 11 year old Edith. He soon discovers that Edith has a terrible secret. Tom eventually loses his innocence at the dawn of his first love, which becomes the symbol of his last Summer.

Kaboom by Romain Daudet Jahan (F, 2016, 2’). Blood. Fire. Glitter. Kaboom.

 At the Cinema Ariston at 6pm the third edition of SweeTS4Kids continues its two days dedicated to young ones. For some years now ShorTS has hosted this section of short films aimed at children between 8 and 13 years old. The shorts have been selected by the young Tommaso Gregori. The section will be judged by a special panel called the ‘giuria dei 101’, the youngsters who would like to may participate by getting their parents to register by completing the form on our website, www.maremetraggio.com. The partners and supporters of this section are EstEnergy and HeraComm.

For l’omaggio al cinema documentario di D’Anolfi e Parenti at 8pm, the film (I, 2015, 74’) L’INFINITA FABBRICA DEL DUOMO by Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti will be projected. The story of the birth and the ongoing maintenance of the Dome of Milan through the centuries.

In the Nuove Impronte line-up at 9:30pm, CUORI PURI by Roberto De Paolis (I, 2017, 114’) will be projected. Agnese and Stefano are very different. From their first meeting comes true sentiment, made up of stolen moments and mutual help. The desire of one for the other continues to grow, until Agnese finds herself having to make and extreme and unexpected decision.

 

Programme. 4th July 2017

Along with the Maremetraggio and Nuove Impronte section, on the day of Tuesday 4th July we’re adding the 3rd season of SweeTS4Kids with our jury of the 101.

In Piazza Verdi at 9 30pm the following shorts in the line-up of the Maremetraggio section will be projected:

Separati aa.vv. (I, 2016, 12’). Ivana and Raimondo, husband and wife living in separate houses. Joy and pain in an entertaining comedy looking at everyday life, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a carefree past.

Alive & Kicking: The Soccer Grannies of South Africa by Lara Ann Dewet (USA, 2015, 20’). Filmed in the heart of Limpopo, the village Vhakegula Vhakegula grannies lace up their football studs and start kicking their way through centuries of taboos.

Zeezucht by Marlies Van Der Wel (NL , 2015, 11’). Zeezucht is an animated short film about a man who casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream. A dream we all share: the quest to find a place we can call home, even if it’s underwater.

The Sad Monk by Diana Frankovic (D, 2016, 11’). A Tibetan monk is grappling with existential anxiety. His insights challenge a universal human foible; the obsessive pursuit of happiness.

Path by Md. Abid Mallick (BD, 2016, 8’). In Dhaka, a young woman in dire need of money agrees to work with a group of terrorists. Once home, with everything done and dusted, she decides to undo all that she’s done and make amends and so hits the roads of Dhaka.

Dünyanın ölümü by Evrim İnci (TR, 2016, 1’). As people harm the world, they are destroying their future.

Fomo Sapiens by Viktor Hertz (S, 2016, 7’). A young couple, suffering from the worst imaginable form of ‘fear of missing out’, decide to take on a tough challenge.

Ossa by Dario Imbrogno (I, 2016, 4’). All the world is a stage. In this theatre a dancer becomes aware of herself. Her dance, deconstructed in time and space, shows us the mechanisms pulling the strings.

Die Kunst, meine Familie und ich. by Johannes Bachmann (CH, 2015, 15’). What does art mean to me? How is art connected to my family?  Who am I?

Quello che non si vede by Dario Samuele Leone (I, 2016, 10’). The adventure of someone unable to accept the loss of his job and so tries to invent one. A funny and melancholic Charlot from Modern Times, revised and revisited. Work, work and more work, mechanical gestures hidden in the world.

The Offer by Winnifred Jong (CDN, 2015, 10’). Richard wakes up to find that his life has been packed into boxes, but before he can sort out what is going on, Gabe, a door to door salesman, charms his way in. Gabe offers up a set of Encyclopaedias and Richard discovers that they may be exactly what he needs.

PainT by Antonio Lusci (I, 2017, 11’). Claudio is a reclusive artist living in a countryside house, depicting and tending to his garden. His next show is imminent and the gallery’s curator is pressing him and asking for news of his work. Claudio however, is in the midst of a profound crisis.

Paradís by Jaume Quiles (E, 2016, 11’). A pleasant place where one feels comfortable and happy.

La Voce by David Uloth (CDN, 2015, 20’). Edgar works in a pig slaughter house. He loves opera and loves Ginette, the stripper of his dreams. He’s about to ask her to marry him when he catches her sleeping with her boss. In shock, he loses his voice and subsequently finds himself with the voice of a pig.

At the Cinema Ariston at 6pm we’re kicking off the 3rd season of SweeTS4Kids showing at the Cinema Ariston for two days dedicated to young ones on the same screen that in the evening will show festival projections. For some years now ShorTS has hosted this section of short films aimed at children between 8 and 13 years old. The shorts have been selected by the young Tommaso Gregori. The section will be judged by a special panel called the ‘giuria dei 101’, the youngsters who would like to may participate by getting their parents to register by completing the form on our website, www.maremetraggio.com. The partners and supporters of this section are EstEnergy and HeraComm.

For the homage to the documentary cinema of D’Anolfi e Parenti at 8pm the film MATERIA OSCURA  (I, 2013, 80’) will be projected. It’s the story of a war zone at a time of peace, Salto di Quirra testing range in Sardegna, where for 50 years the governments around the world have tested ‘new weapons’. 

At 9 45pm in the line-up for Nuove Impronte we will see IL PIÙ GRANDE SOGNO by Michele Vannucci (I, 2016, 97’). At 39 years old Mirko is just getting out of prison: outside, on the outskirts of Rome, he waits for his chance to re-invent his future. When he is elected as the president of the district he begins to dream of a different life.

L’armata degli scarti viventi: all the creatures on video!

Sunday2nd July concluded the workshop L’armata degli scarti viventi (The Army of Living Trash) dedicated to children between 10 and 14 years old and in collaboration with AcegasApsAmga and Il Piccolo. A group of monsters wandering around Trieste…. Download the video made by the children here!

ShorTS 2017. Programma lunedì 3 luglio

After the workshops during the first few days of the Festival, the third day of ShorTS will focus solely on the projections, the short films and the feature films.

In Piazza Verdi at 9:30 pm the films in the line-up for the Maremetraggio section of the festival will be projected:

Valparaiso by Carlo Sironi (I, 2016, 20’). Rocia is locked into the immigration detention centre of Rome and is pregnant. The law doesn’t allow pregnant women to be detained, so Rocio is released at her 4th month of pregnancy. Now she is free, but should she go forward with an unwanted pregnancy.

Djinn Tonic by Domenico Guidetti (I, 2016, 14’). A precarious young man and a genie from a lamp escape from a crisis: the first from something economic, more prosaic, and the second from a crisis of the imagination which may be a direct consequence of the first.

Tisure by Adrian Geyer (YV, 2015, 13’). A couple live in the mountains, where all they have is one another. However arguments between them arise, which must be resolved immediately. Their sadness leads them to think that there is no alternative. Seen from a distance, their perspectives may be wrong.

Candie Boy by Arianna Del Grosso (I, 2016, 9’). Leone has received a good grade at school and is certain of what to ask his parents for as a reward: a doll dressed in pink called Candie.

Redpoint  by Motahareh Ahmadpour (IR, 2015, 5’). We find ourselves in a surreal city, made up of enormous machines. Everything is sad and slow, until a red dot comes along.

The Clock is Ticking by Marcin Zbyszyński (PL, 2016, 5’). What would happen if everything around you were to stop?

Valzer  by Giulio Mastromauro, Alessandro Porzio (I, 2016, 16’). Italy, 2038. Alice and Kristin, both pregnant and in love with one another, live on a farm isolated from the rest of the world.

Painted Hills by Kurtis Hough (USA, 2016, 6’). The pyramid, with its sturdy foundations infinitely pointing upwards, is one of our first attempts at representing a higher self, transforming nature and turning it into something more similar to the human mind.

Una aventura de miedo by Cristina Vilches (E, 2015, 11’). This is the story of a strange trip. A journey of self-discovery. An adventure of courage and friendship on learning to confront one’s deepest fears.

Balcony by Toby Fell Holden (GB, 2015, 17’). In a council estate rife with racial tension, a girl falls in love with an immigrant, a victim of shame and prejudice.

Aeon  by Derek O’Dell (USA, 2106, 4’). An abstract and immersive audio-visual experience. A study on the behaviour of energy throughout the course of time.

Le Plombier by Meryl Fortuna T-Rossi, Xavier Séron (B–F, 2016, 14’). Tom, Flemish comedian used to do voice-overs for cartoon characters. He now finds himself working in a porn studio. Catherine, a professional actress, will be his partner. Tom will dub the plumber.

Dreams On Sale by Vlad Buzăianu (RO, 2016, 9’). In a world where people have learnt to record, buy and sell dreams, many have started to lose their ability to dream. Dreams have become a new form of art and a luxury for the more affluent classes.

Hootchu by Kim Jung Hyun (ROK, 2015, 1’). Allergies are annoying. There are many ways to alleviate the symptoms but none of these are permanent solutions. Stress builds up. Tension grows. Eyes watering, head spinning: until the perfect solution presents itself.

 

At the Ariston Cinema at 7pm a special projection will be taking place: this is the last work of the Triestine screen writer Erika Rossi. In TUTTE LE ANIME DEL MIO CORPO (I-SLo, 2016, 58’) after finding her mother’s war diary written during II WW, a daughter discovers who she really was. A journey into the personal history of a family, the relationship between a mother and a daughter; the secrets that you keep and the reasons you keep them. This is also a journey into history, of an Italy capable of resistance, of a past that seems distant but is little more than yesterday.

About the homage to the documentaries of D’Anolfi and Parenti we will see the projection of IL CASTELLO by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti (I, 2011, 90’). A year inside the intercontinental airport of Malpensa, a place in which bureaucracy, procedure and control put the freedom of individuals, animals and the goods in transit to the test.

At 9 45pm Nuove Impronte presents I TEMPI FELICI VERRANNO PRESTO (I, F, 2016, 102’) by the Friulian Alessandro Comodin: First Tommaso and Arturo, then Ariane. Three different youngsters, two different eras, two different conflicts, but the aim is always the same: to escape. Leaving it in the hands of the world, breaking the rules, rebelling against the state of things.

Programme, Sunday 2nd July

Continuing tomorrow, Sunday 2nd July in the Mediateca in Via Roma, will be the children’s workshop L’Armata degli Scarti Viventi held by Francesco Filippi: children between 10 and 14 years old will create new creatures using the stop-motion animation technique, bringing them to life, making them express emotions and creating big and small adventures for them. In the evening, at 9:30pm, the director will present the final short film creations to the public in Piazza Verdi.

At 9:30pm in Piazza Verdi, the shorts in the line up for the Maremetraggio Section will be screened:

An Afterthought by Matteo Bernardini (2016, 17’) in which a mother puts her little boy to bed and begins to tell the story of the legendary Peter Pan. But is this eternal boy really just a figment of our imagination?

Io e me stesso by Diego Cenetiempo (2015, 5’), the main character is a man who is listlessly eating his lunch when suddenly the doorbell rings. When he opens the door he finds himself….

Kammermusik – Audiovisuelles Gebäudeklangportrait by Katharina Blanken (D, 2016, 9’), is an audiovisual composition which is a means of disintegrating the existing dualism between interiority and exteriority, between isolation and collectiveness, playing with the perception of time without changing its rhythm.

Semele  by Myrsini Aristidou (CY, 2015, 13’) in which the protagonist Semele needs to find an excuse so she can spend a bit of time with his often absent father. A school note becomes an excuse to visit him at his workplace, where her presence highlights their fragile relationship.

Our wonderful nature – The Common Chameleon by Tomer Eshed (D, 2016, 4’) in which the feeding habits of the common chameleon are seen as they never have been before.

Lo Steinway  by Massimo Ottoni (I, 2016, 17’) is set during the Great War in which some Austrian soldiers on the Italian front lines find a badly damaged pianoforte. The instrument catalyse their most human feelings, but the meaningless barbarity that they’re trying to forget is ready to explode.  

In Other Words by Tal Kantor (IL, 2016, 6’) in which a man recalls a moment of a lost opportunity to communicate with his daughter. After years, their brief meeting turns his world upside down and renders his words meaningless. 

Decorado by Alberto Vázquez (E, 2016, 12’) in which all the world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.

The Long Island Wolf by Julien Lasseur (USA, 2017, 7’) introduces Johnny, a hustler with a bad hibit of using a crowbar to solve problems. After conning his way into a risky partnership with a Long Haired, Loud Mouth criminal, he signs up for a mysterious job for legendary Long Island Wolf.

Urban Audio Spectrum by Marina Schnider (D, 2016, 4’), the short is an audio visualization through the animation of objects in video shots. Some objects move or appear according to sounds or pitches, others react to the volume of the music.

Beat Around the bush  by Brianne Nord Stewart (CDN, 2016, 12’), a 75 year old widow with Alzheimer’s decides it’s the time to have her first orgasm. We’re taken through some of her attempts to do so.

Krov by Valeria Sochyvets (UA, 2016, 13’) takes us into the life of Nastya, a young cello player who is in love with her friend Yura. At a certain point, between rehearsals and parties, she decides that Yura will be her first lover. However, not every guy is ready for it…

Siyah Çember by Hansan Can Dağli (TR, 2016, 15’), a group of mysterious people organize a private event in an abandoned mansion. With the arrival of the guests things will change.

Hatchet by Jim Powers (USA, 2016, 3’), wandering through the Scottish morning fog a man searches for his escape.

At 7:30 at the Ariston Cinema the homage to cinema, documentaries of D’Anolfi and Parenti continues. In GRANDI SPERANZE (I, 2009, 77’) Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti recount the Italy of young entrepreneurs. Three episodes, three outlets for mise-en-scène for recounting the story of our protagonists at a crucial stage of their existence: in which taking the risk of action no longer guarantees success.

Following this, (always at the Ariston Cinema) at 8:45pm will be a special projection in collaboration with Arcigay Trieste Gorizia: DIARIO BLU(E) (I, 2016, 27’) by Titta Cosetta Raccagni. It’s the 90’s and Titta Cosetta Raccagni, in retracing her own autobiography, brings back the humour of a desperate age. The sentimental diary of a coming out.

Nuove Impronte which is at 9:45pm presents in the line-up, UPWELLING- LA RISALITA DELLE ACQUE PROFONDE (I, 2016, 77’) by Silvia Jop and Pietro Pasquetti. We see the fragments of a city reconstructed on the ruins of a disaster, in the eco of a catastrophe which has never completely worn out. We are in Messina, a city that was completely reconstructed following one of the most devastating natural disasters of the Twentieth Century.

 

Programme Saturday 1st July

After the great pre-opening event which saw the projection of the docu-film Motori-Ruggenti, Saturday 1st July will be the official opening of the 18th season of the ShorTS International Film Festival. This morning at 9am will be the 24hour comic competition at the Castello San Giusto, a tour de force consisting of the making of comic panels based on a specific given screenplay and the resulting animations will become a short film and will be presented during the festival.

In the Mediateca in Via Roma the workshop for youngsters L’Armata degli Scarti Viventi held by the director Francesco Filippi will take place: children between the ages of 10 and 14 years old will create new creatures using the stop-motion animation technique, bringing them to life, making them express emotions and creating big and small adventures for them.

In Piazza Verdi at 8:30pm, the official inauguration of the festival will take place starting with the projection of LE SVENTURE DEL SIG. Mo-Ki-Tó, by Jorge Demarco, with Gustavo Vallejos: sig. Mo-Ki-Tó immersed in the innocence, tenderness and willingness to explore human relationships, confronting this with those who he meets on his journey.

To follow will be the line-up of short films from the Maremetraggio section:

Samedi Cinema by Mamadou Dia (SN, 2016, 11’) in which Baba and Sembene, two youngsters and avid cinema lovers living in a small town North of Senegal, desperately want to see a movie on a big screen of their local cinema before it closes its doors forever;

Below 0° by Itai Hagage, Jonathan Gomez (CR, 2016, 5’), animated film where a meteorologist, through a voice recording, tells us about his experiences in the Arctic and how for his whole life he has been psychologically and spiritually connected to nature;

The Other side of Dooman River by Sewoong Bae (ROK, 2016, 20’) in which two North Korean soldiers are on the Dooman River. While one of the two is far away, the other goes and hides along the river. There he meets a family who give him their life savings to ensure their escape from the country;

#selfie by David M. Lorenz (D, 2016, 7’) with a young couple on holiday in Berlin: everything is perfect, until he decides to take a selfie… The end of a relationship as seen through a mobile phone.

Suspendu by Elie Grappe (CH, 2015, 15’) takes us to a classic dance school, where a boy falls during a test, injuring his foot. But it’s the day of his exam and the boy refuses to concede; he tries to match his dance partner and his classmates, convincing them that his body has no limits.

Disco by Boris Seewald (D, 2016, 2’) is a hand-made music video putting together around 1250 paper drawings.

Ingrid & the Black Hole by Leah Johnston (CDN, 2016, 7’) presents the protagonists’ Ingrid and her best friend Conrad who revisit memories of an entire past life, together imagining howit would be to travel through a black hole.

Parent, Teacher by Roman Tchjen (CDN, 2015, 12’) takes us into the world of parents: after his son gets into a fight with another student, a father becomes involved in an impassioned debate with the boys teacher.

Vand  by Philipp Andonie (CH, 2016, 1’) sees a Scandinavian fisherman who looks for tranquillity out on the lake.

Cavello by Sven Bresser (NL, 2016, 20’) has Kai and Thomas as its main characters, in-separable friends in their 20’s. Their bond is strong, until a new classmate catches Thomas’ eye.

Life Journey by Sajedur Rahman (BD, 2016, 2’), every life has its own journey, every journey has its own story. It’s time to read between the lines.

Penalty  by Aldo Iuliano (I, 2016, 14’) sees a group of youngsters playing chess in the middle of nowhere. There’s much more than a simple victory in the balance.

Centauro by Nicolás Suárez (RA, 2016, 14’) is a political Western set between the palm trees and the antennae of the Argentine Pampas.

Alone with everybody  by André Viuvens (P, 2016, 2’) is an interpretation of the poem Alone with Everybody by Charles Bukowski.

At the Cinema Ariston at 20:00 the first film from the homage to cinematic documentary of D’Anolfi and Parenti will be projected. With I PROMESSI SPOSI (I, 2007, 73’) the couple recount the destinies and the stories of some people on the days preceding their weddings: couples about to get married, employees of matrimonial offices of the Italian communes and a provincial priest.

As always to follow we’ll be at the Cinema Ariston, from 9:30pm to start the line-up for the Nuove Impronte Section with the documentary by Alessandro Stevanon, SAGRE BALERE (I, 2017, 75’). The story of Omar and his orchestra told during their tour, between parties in squares and dance halls, across the regions and provinces of the North of Italy. A road movie narrated by the voices of the most famous Italian radio hosts dedicated to the world of dance music and Angelo, the last king of this phantasmagorical world.