Italian Film Festival

Corto (Short films)

1. “Aspettando il treno” (Waiting for the train) by Catherine McGilvray

2. “Il Cuore all’improvviso” (Miranda’s Journey) by Catherine McGilvray

3. “Fuori dal giro” (Left out) by Cotugno e Iacobelli

4. “Offerte speciali” (Today’s special) by Gianni Gatti

5. “Bobbolone” by Daniele Cascella

6. “Stesso posto stessa ora” (Same place same time) by Fabio Rosi

7. “Due bravi ragazzi” (Two brave boys) by Tony Palazzo

8. “Sul mare luccica” (It glitters on the sea) by Mimmo Mancini

9. “Trilogia del giorno” (Trilogy of the day) di Melo Prino

Feature Films

1. “Santa Maradona”, by Marco Ponti

2. “I giorni dell'abbandono” (The Days of Abandonment), by Giuliano Montaldo

3. “Tutta Colpa di Giuda” (Juda’s Fault), by Davide Ferrario

Synopsis of the Corto

1) Aspettando il treno (Waiting for the train), 2003, 12 min. Directed by Catherine McGilvray

An old lady is making coffee. A man is sleeping. He wakes up and runs in vain to catch the train

that quickly leaves in front of him. He would like to leave; he should leave. He asks if he can run

away. He mimes and repeats the gestures. He attempts suicide… all part of his obscure illusion.

Other trains go by. He does not manage to catch any of them.

2) Il cuore all'improvviso, (Miranda's journey) 2007, 13 min. Directed by Catherine

McGilvray

A little girl, lost in a park while chasing a mysterious white dog, comes to discover a fascinating

and dangerous world. At the same time a man is dying in his hospital bed.

3) Fuori dal giro (Left out ) 2001, 13 min. Directed by Cotugno e Iacobelli

A man in voluntary isolation on the island of Ponza falls in love. But from his past emerges a

mysterious character who threatens to break the course of his new life...The short film was

awarded Best Screenplay at the Costolazio competition, Best Director at the Trevignano's

Festival and the Audience Award for Best Italian Film at the "Cittadella del Corto” competition.

4) Offerte speciali, (Today's special) 2005, 7 min. Directed by Gianni Gatti

Shoppers flock to a supermarket during the summer holidays to take advantage of the summer

sales. But one shopper, a shy and quiet transsexual, is about to experience something beyond

her wildest imagination.

5) Bobbolone 2002, 10 min. Directed by Daniele Cascella

Aurelio should act as look-out in a robbery. But something distracts him just when his

accomplices are in action and everything starts falling apart... It's a fun short film and was

selected for the competition of Capalbio Film Festival.

6) Stesso posto stessa ora, (Same place same time) 1999, 9 min. Directed by Fabio Rosi &

Werther Germondari

Two men are on a street corner each with a bunch of flowers. Both for their own reasons are

waiting for someone. The wait becomes a subtle challenge of pride between the two …

‘Same place same time’ has received numerous awards and was selected for festivals in

Rotterdam, Montpellier, Annecy as well as for the ‘Europe in Shorts’ program sponsored by the

European Coordination of Film Festivals.

7) Due bravi ragazzi (Two brave boys) 2005, 15 min. Directed by Tony Palazzo

Michael meets Gino after twenty years on his return from New York for a family reunion. But Gino

has been given the thankless task to kill him. Thus begins a surreal tragicomic road movie.

8) Sul mare luccica (It glitters on the sea) 1996, 6 min. Directed by Mimmo Mancini e Paolo

De Vita

A journalistic interview, conducted without blinking and especially without money, of two

unemployed brothers, desperate but indomitable… and still the sea, the Albanians and Italians in

a foreign country, separated and united by the sound of waves...

“Sul mare luccica” by Mimmo Mancini

9) Trilogia del giorno, (Trilogy of the day) 2005, 15 min. Directed by Melo Primo

A trilogy of short films starring Domenico Lannutti starts with the first short film, titled Buongiorno

(Good Morning) that highlights the duel between a man and his reflection exposing a surreal

game on the multiplicity of the human personality, an effective variation on the theme of identity

and its pitfalls. “Buongiorno” has received numerous awards and is currently the most awarded

short film of Italian cinema. “Buonasera” (Good Evening) is the title of the second short film. In a

hotel room, a waitress and a customer change roles as well as their fantasies. The grotesque and

improbable visions of the two intertwined universes merge into a single comic delirium.

Buonanotte (Good Night) is the third short film about a night watchman in a showroom of beds,

who seeks to resist the call of pillows and mattresses.

Synopsis of the Feature Films

1) Santa Maradona, 2001, 96min. Directed by Marco Ponti

Andrea, 27 year old, just graduated from University with a useless degree. He spends his days

looking for a job and killing time talking endlessly with his room-mate Bart and Indo-Italian friend

Lucia. Everything changes when he meets Dolores, a beautiful teacher and actress

2) I giorni dell'abbandono, 2005, 96min. Directed by Giuliano Montaldo

Olga, literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband

(Zingaretti) for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair

that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters her neighbour a musician (Goran

Bregović) that moves something in her. After a descent into hell and eventual rise from despair,

Olga lives an insight that makes her realize that she was not losing her mind for the lost love but

discovers the meaning of losing her dignity and being imprisoned in a single role, which she must

break in order to enjoy life.

3) Tutta Colpa di Giuda - Una Commedia con Musica & Action 2009 Davide Ferrario

Duration – 102 min

Irena is a director of experimental theater that accepts the proposal of Don Iridium to set up in a

prison (the Vallette in Turin) a version of the Passion of Christ. What initially appeared to be work

experience will be for Irena source of great changes in her life. Irena will find many obstacles in

setting the work, she must win the trust of prisoners, fight the stubborn Sister Bonaria but most

importantly she will have to solve the biggest problem, finding someone willing to play Judas.