WINNERS - Pentedattilo Film Festival

WINNERS

TERRITORY ON THE MOVE
Winner ex-aequo
Exam Sonia K. Hadad - Iran 15’ For its effective use of suspense and strong emotions. What should have been a simple coming of age story, becomes a harrowing reality and harsh judgment for someone so young.		EXAM Iran 2019 Regia | Director: Sonia K. Hadad Produzione | Production: Three Gardens Produttori | Producers: Pouria Heidary Oureh Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Sonia K. Hadad, Farnoosh Samadi Fotografia | Cinematography: Alireza Barazandeh Montaggio | Editing: Ehsan Vaseghi Suono | Sound: Mohammadreza Hosseini, Ramin Abousedgh Costumi | Costume design: Parisa Farahani Cast: Sadaf Asgari, Hadis Miramini, Masih Kazemi, Elaheh Afshari Runtime: 15’
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Il nostro tempo Veronica Spedicati - Italy 16’ For its timeless mood. Subtle and dreamlike with beautiful camerawork. It slowly reveals its melancholy memories of a last summer of childhood that lingers long after the film has ended.		IL NOSTRO TEMPO Italy 2019 Regia | Director: Veronica Spedicati Produzione | Production: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Production Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Francesca Guerriero, Giulia Magda Martinez, Veronica Spedicati, Sofia Petraroia Fotografia | Cinematography: Jacopo Giordano Cottarelli Montaggio | Editing: Luigi Caggiano Suono | Sound: Chiara Santella, Valentino Antinolfi,  Riccardo Gruppuso, Roberto Ugo Ricciardi Musica | Music: Lillo Morreale Costumi | Costume design: Irene Trovato Cast: Emanuela Minno, Franco Ferrante, Celeste Casciaro Runtime: 16’
Special Mention
Henet Ward Morad Mostafa -  Egypt 23’   For the multilayered narrative of taboos and racism in Egypt’s underclass.		HENET WARD Egypt 2019 Regia | Director: Morad Mostafa Produzione | Production: Salaud Morisset - Short Films Production & Distribution Produttori | Producers:  Morad Mostafa, Safey Eldeen Mahmoud, Sherif Fathy Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Morad Mostafa, Mohamed Ali Mansour Fotografia | Cinematography: Zezo Montaggio | Editing: Mohamed Mamdouh Suono | Sound: Ahmad ElSawy e Moustafa Shaaban Cast: Halima, Ward “Rose”, Amal Salah, Marina Victor, Hagar Mahmoud, Emad Ghoniem Runtime: 23’
Special Mention
Goodbye Golovin Mathieu Grimard - Canada/Ukraine 14’ For the poetic storytelling, impressive cinematography and montage.		GOODBYE GOLOVIN Canada 2019 Regia | Director: Mathieu Grimard Produttori | Producers: Mathieu Grimard, Simon Corriveau-Gagné Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Mathieu Grimard Fotografia | Cinematography: Ariel Méthot Montaggio | Editing: Mathieu Grimard Suono | Sound: Natasha Avramenko Musica | Music: Fouki-roi Lion Cast: Oleksandr Rudinskiy, Dasha Plahtiy, Mariia Stopnyk Runtime: 14’
THRILLER
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Brodo di carne Vittorio Antonacci - Italy 8’   For its elegant style, able to fulfill the anticipation of those who are watching; for the mastery of its actors, surrounded by a paradoxical reality; for the unsettling ending.		BRODO DI CARNE Italy 2018 Regia | Director: Vittorio Antonacci Produzione | Production: Redigital Produttori | Producers: Ermanno Guida Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Daniela Mitta , Vittorio Antonacci Fotografia | Cinematography: Gianluca Palma Montaggio | Editing: Adriano Patruno Cast: Antonio Banno', Rosanna Gentili, Teodosio Barresi Runtime: 8’
Special Mention
The other side of the night Jaclyn Noel - USA 15’   For how it’s able to condense, in the dryness of its acting and through painful silences, the drama of a mother and her anger without justice.		THE OTHER SIDE OF NIGHT United States 2019 Regia | Director: Jaclyn Noel Produzione | Production: Produttori | Producers: Andrea Goocher, Nicholas K. Young Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Jaclyn Noel Fotografia | Cinematography: Marcus Patterson Montaggio | Editing: Jaclyn Noel, Nicholas K. Young Musica | Music: Dylan Neely Costumi | Costume design:   Cast: Ann Mahoney, Uly Schlesinger, Adrienne Lovette, Anthony Gaskins Runtime: 15’ Festival / Awards: Palm Springs International ShortFest, Nashville Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival
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Scenario Alex Avella, Alessandro De Leo - Italy 15’ For the attention in the production which stands out, which allows to realize a short movie with a stunning, very contemporary visual language, and a convincing world-building able to simulate believable science-fiction scenarios.		SCENARIO Italy 2018 Regia | Director: Alex Avella, Alessandro De Leo Produzione | Production: Dude, in collaborazione con Withstand Produttori | Producers: Lorenzo Del Bianco, Davide Baldi Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Alex Avella, Alessandro De Leo Fotografia | Cinematography: Luca Costantini Montaggio | Editing: Alessandro De Leo, Alex Avella Suono | Sound: Lorenzo Dal Rì Musica | Music: Matteo De Marinis Costumi | Costume design: Sara Costantini Cast: Joy Johannson, Aomy Muyock, Mads Reuther Runtime: 15’
COMEDY
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Beauty boys Florent Gouelou - France 18’ It is a touching story depicting the distant relationship between two young men, with sexuality and masculinity keeping the two apart. This beautifully played film takes you from testing the bitterness of rejection to the appreciation of sweetness, when diversity unites the brotherhood.		BEAUTY BOYS France 2019 Regia | Director: Florent Gouelou Produzione | Production: Yukunkun Production Produttori | Producers: Nelson Ghrenassia Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Florent Gouelou Fotografia | Cinematography: Vadim Alsayed Montaggio | Editing: Luis Richard Suono | Sound:  Geoffrey Perrier, Matthieu Deniau, Corvo Lepesant-Lamari Cast: Cookie Kunty Runtime: 18’
Special Mention
Offro io Paola Minaccioni - Italy 12’   An exaggeration of a cliché in generosity and social behavior taken to the extreme, reaching its climax with full hilariousness. An excellently acted and well directed short taken to the surreal.		OFFRO IO Italy 2019 Regia | Director: Paola Minaccioni Produzione | Production: Lime Production Produttori | Producers: Valentina di Giuseppe, Massimiliano Leone Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Paola Minaccioni, Alberto Caviglia Fotografia | Cinematography: Simone Zampagni Montaggio | Editing: Carlo Balestrieri Cast: Carolina Crescentini, Paolo Calabresi, Maurizio Lombardi, Paola Minaccioni Runtime: 12’
Special Mention
Solstice d’un cœur brisé   Fanny Lefort - Canada 12’   This story shows how the most terrible day sometimes it’s also the longest. The fabulous tone of voice and the poetic style allow us to go deeper into the emotional world of the protagonists, empathizing with her. And realizing that these days eventually come to an end, it's beautiful.		SOLSTICE D’UN CŒUR BRISÉ Canada 2020 Regia | Director: Fanny Lefort Produzione | Production: Mimosa Films Produttori | Producers: Olivier Normandin Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Fanny Lefort Fotografia | Cinematography: Olivier Normandin Montaggio | Editing: Olivier Normandin Suono | Sound: Simon Lacelle, Alexis Pilon Gladu, Francis Gauthier Musica | Music: Jeanseb Roux Cast: Élodie Grenier, Séba
ANIMATION
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Mercurio Michele Bernardi - Italy 10’ We liked this short movie very much because of its authentic, distressing story. Four years of production for a project made with love that pictures with an artistic and romantic style the traumas of fascism through the passion of a young man. A story that reflects the divisions and the problems of our current times, reinforcing the importance of the fight against any dictatorship. Dreams can truly break any barrier. This short movie reminds us that even in the worst time, when it looks like nothing is lost, believing in hope and in what we love can change, help and even save us.		MERCURIO Italy 2020 Made by Michele Bernardi Musica | Music: Luca D’Alberto Runtime: 10’
Special Mention
Idodo Ursula Ulmi - Switzerland, Papua New Guinea 10’   A funny short movie, lush and poetic, which gave us a small folk story from Papua New Guinea with marvelous and true animation.		IDODO Switzerland & Papua New Guinea 2021 Regia | Director: Ursula Ulmi Produzione | Production: Ulmi Film Produttore | Producer: Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Ursula Ulmi Fotografia | Cinematography: Montaggio | Editing: Anja Kofmel Animazione | Animation: Hannes Stummvoll, Amélie Cochet, Oswald Iten, Géraldine Cammisar, Martine Ulmer Suono | Sound:  Beni Mosele Musica | Music:  Idodo Performance Group Runtime: 10’
MUSIC VIDEO
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I address / Я обращаюсь by Gibkiy Chaplin - Maxim Kotskiy - Ukraine 3’ This music video speaks about politics, but not that kind of politics made of squares and flags, or formal speech and best of a bad situation. This music video talks about the people, shows us how the table of an old pub can turn into the start of the revolution of those who believe in the future. It could look too obvious to give the award to a music video from Ukraine, but it was only by merit.		Я ОБРАЩАЮСЬ / I ADDRESS Ukraine 2020 Regia | Director: Maxim Kotskiy Produttori | Producers: Sana Shevchenko Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Maxim Kotskiy Fotografia | Cinematography: Nikita Kuzmenko Montaggio | Editing: Aleksey Butskii Suono | Sound: Aleksey Dobrovolskyi, Revet Sound Musica | Music: Gibkiy Chaplin Cast: Revolutionist, Dmitriy Chernaivskyo Runtime: 3’
QUARANTINE SHORT FILM
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The new normal Matt Willis-Jones - Mexico 4’		The new normal Mexico Matt Willis-Jones & Andrea Cartategui Runtime:  4’
SHOWCASE CALABRIA
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Amal Matteo Russo, Antonio Buscema - Italy 17’		AMAL Italy  2020 Regia | Director: Matteo Russo, Antonio Buscema Produzione | Production: MALèFILM Produttori | Producers:  Matteo Russo, Antonio Buscema, Luisa Gigliotti Sceneggiatura | Screenwriting: Matteo Russo, Antonio Buscema Fotografia | Cinematography: Emilio M. Costa Montaggio | Editing: Gianluca Conca Suono | Sound: Francesco Murano Musica | Music: Alessandro Franco Costumi | Costume design:  Irene Trovato Cast: Mohamed Zouaoui, Mariam Al Ferjani Runtime: 17’