Marking the winter solstice or the shortest day of the year on the 21st June, the IIC Melbourne presents the Short Film Day [Southern Hemishere]: a fine selection of contemporary Italian shorts will be available online on 21st June 2020, in collaboration with the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (Italian Short Film Center)
The Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio was established in 2007 in Turin. Since then, it has been operating as an agency for the Italian short by collecting films and at the same time promoting them both at home and abroad.
Black by Sara Taiger [animation, 2018, 14’]
During a long blackout the music producer Matteo manages to overcome his loneliness thanks to his neighbour Greta, a writer who makes him rediscover the pleasures of simple things.
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Gagarin mi mancherai by Domenico De Orsi [fiction, 2018, 20’]
In a world where nature prevails, a man and a woman live their lives as the last survivors of their species. Working as farmers, they deal calmly with the fatigue, the silence and existence. Driven by the desire to escape, the man finds refuge in his imagination.
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Nessun Dorma by Paolo Stippoli [fiction,2018, 19’]
The town is quiet. Only the breaths and a few dogs barking win the silence. Men, women and children, all suddenly fell in a permanent sleep. Two young boy scouts sheltered in a church are the only ones still awake in a sleeping world.
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Un segno nello spazio by Nicholas Bertini [animation, 2018, 5’]
Exhibitions: A sign in space. While reading the newspaper at the table of a bar, this ad attracts Mr. Qfwfq’s attention. The discovery of the primordial mark generates a storm of memories, a flash-back browsing through the story of the universe.
probabilmente non era mai esistito.
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Parru pi tìa by Giuseppe Carleo [fiction, 2018, 15’]
Annachiara lives in the suburbs of Palermo with her family. She wants to win back her ex boyfriend. Her grandma suggests that she uses an ancient rite that could save the destiny of her lost love.
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Mon clochard by Gian Marco Pezzoli [fiction, 2018, 15’]
Davide lives an uneventful life with his family in a quiet apartment building. His daily routine is disrupted when his neighbors welcome a homeless man in the building’s courtyard and start taking care of him. Davide begins harboring a deep hatred for the man and tries to get rid of him.
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The programme is free.
- Please register here to receive the password and watch the shorts (with English subtitles). They will be available on line ONLY on Sunday 21st June 2020.