Finally, the long work of selection of the shorts sent to attend to the second edition of the Cisterna Film Festival – International Short Film Festival, organized by the Cultural Association “Mobilitazioni Artistiche” (Artistic Mobilizations) of Marianna Cozzuto, with the pontine Cristian Scardigno’s artistic direction, is over. On August 19th, 20th and 21st, the courtyard of the historic Palazzo Caetani in Cisterna di Latina, will host the screenings of short films selected by the Direction and the award ceremony.
Twenty-one films in competition, six in the non-competitive category Videoart and other six intended for the Next Generation (Youth Section), absolute novelty of this new edition, which will involve young viewers in the role of jurors. Many Italian and European previews among the selected titles, and many pleasant surprises including films from Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and Tribeca, as well as the David di Donatello and Nastro d’Argento’s finalists and a candidate in the last Oscar Awards.
The Cisterna Film Festival has lived, in just two years, a huge growth thanks to the public and aspirants, to privates willing to invest in culture and in the show business, and to the public bodies. This year, in particular, the festival can vaunt not only numerous sponsors, but also the Regione Lazio sponsorship.
The number of short films submitted to the test of the Direction was considerable and increasing compared to the past: about 4,200 films from 124 countries around the world. In the competitive section, a jury of film industry professionals will vote on the best short film in competition, while a second winner will be chosen directly by the public. Coming soon, more information about side activities and events not yet defined, while the complete program of screenings is complete.
Waiting for August 19th to welcome back the independent cinema in Cisterna di Latina, here are the finalists’names:
IN COMPETITION
– Aniconismo (Italy, 15 ‘) by Enrico Iannaccone
– Beautiful (Italy, 10 ‘) by Alessandro Capitani
– Christian (Italy, 12 ‘) by Roberto “Saku” Cinardi
– Cretinos (Spain, 15 ‘) by Eduardo Moyano
– Hada (Spain, 9 ‘) by Tony Morales
– Hasti (Iran, 10 ‘) by Kamal Parnach
– Helena (Italy, 18 ‘) by Nicola Sorcinelli
– Jessica – California, US (Usa, 16 ‘) by Rafael Moraes
– Lost village (Spain, 15 ‘) Giorgi Todria
– The mére à boire (France, 12 ‘) by Laurence Côte
– My enemy, my brother (Canada, 17 ‘) by Ann Shin
– Non senza di me (Italian, 14 ‘) by Brando De Sica
– La nuit tous les chats sont roses (France, 19 ‘) by Guillaume Renusson
– Quiet Mujo (Switzerland, 11 ‘) by Ursula Meyer
– Sali (Turkey, 12 ‘) of Ziya Demirel
– Second Skin (United Kingdom, 20 ‘) Charlie Manton
– They will all die in space (Spain, 14 ‘) by Javier Chillon
– Una vez (Spain, 13 ‘) by Maria Guerra, Sonia Madrid
– Void (Denmark, Finland, 17 ‘) Milad Alami, Aygul Bakanova
– We can’t live without cosmos (Russia, 15 ‘) by Konstantin Bronzit
– Whale Valley (Denmark, Iceland, 15 ‘) by Gudmundur Arnar
VIDEO-ART
– Abismo (Canada, 8 ‘) by Pablo Diconca
– Improvisation on munching fusion (Iran, 3 ‘) by Majid Shahbazi
– L’Œil du Cyclone (France, Japan, 5 ‘) by Masanobu Hiraoka
– Resilient Mist (Italy, 3 ‘) by Eduardo Herrera
– Rhizophora (Germany, 16 ‘) by Julia Metzger-Traber, David De Lillis
– Tottori (Italy, 6 ‘) by Luca Ferri
NEXT GENERATION
– All there is (the Netherlands, 7 ‘) by Jeroen Mourmans
– An adventure of fear (Spain, 10 ‘) by Cristina Vilches
– Diyariyek (Turkey, 9 ‘) by Seyyid Muhammed Yildiz
– Drop (Israel, 10 ‘) by Yotam Knispel
– O + AB- (Iran, 4 ‘) by Reza Hadiani
– Sval & Bard – 10 rules to survive in the Arctic (Norway, 18 ‘) by Daniele Di Domenico, Marco Falatti, James Agnetti, Gianluca Lo Presti