The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 10 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production.
In Italian with English subtitles
Come un uovo nel radiatore, by Davide Maria Valsecchi, 2020, 10′
Valentino, an aspiring actor, can’t wait to leave with his girlfriend Anna for their first trip together.
However, the car they are about to hit the road belongs to her father, Carlo, and before taking the car away from him, she will have to meet him …
Watch the trailer HERE
Paese che vai, by Luca Padrini, 2020, 11′
Set in a small town in the Italian countryside, a young and handsome Alfredo returns home after a long time along with his partner Mattia, an African American man. After meeting Alfredo’s grandmother, the sweet and crazy Donna Maria, the pair go to see Alfredo’s father, Sor Pucci. Alfredo must break the news to his old-fashioned father about his secret. Little did he know his secret will churn into a series of unexpected comic events. This tongue-in-cheek comedy runs parallels alongside on the choices we make.
Watch the trailer HERE
Tropicana, by Francesco Romano, 2020, 13′
Maicol is a 8 years old child. He lives with his father Valerio and his mother Giusy in Trullo, a popular district in Rome. Both his parents are very young. He has a great complicity with his father. They spend together a lot of time, playing with PlayStation and having fun with some friends. Maicol receives some money to buy his favorite’s team shirt as a present for his school promotion. This event and its consequences will call into question and change the relationship between the child and his father.
Watch the trailer HERE
Slow, Giovanni Boscolo, Daniele Nozzi, 2020, 11′
Since Marisa retired, her life has changed profoundly: she feels useless, abandoned, without a purpose. The meeting with a secret organization of pensioners reveals to her one of the greatest mysteries in the history of mankind: road traffic.
Watch the trailer HERE
Macchiato, by Prospero Pensa, 2020, 18′
The plot follows the story of Piero, an experienced bartender who has been running his small business in the Milanese suburbs for forty years. His routine is upset by the opening of a new bar right in front of him. It is a modern, young and tireless shop, Chinese owned. In the moment of Piero’s fragility, Christian comes in, a young boy from the neighborhood with a loose gab, who throws the seeds of malice, rancor and prejudice into the elderly man. How far will Piero be able to go to survive with his bar?
Watch the trailer HERE
The link to the screening will be available from 7th to the 13th of July.
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