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A Muso Duro awarded at the ICFF
Month: May 2025
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Sorveglianze
SYNOPSIS:
A network of surveillance cameras and stolen images within a labyrinthine reality marks the toxic love between two young people, Alice and Francesco. There is no real intimacy between them — only a power game that ultimately leads to revenge porn.
PRODUCTION:
The short film, written and directed by first-time filmmaker Guido Pontecorvo and developed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Culture, had its world premiere at Alice nella Città, an independent and parallel section of the Rome Film Festival.
It subsequently took part in other prestigious festivals, including Afrodite Shorts, where it won the award for Best Short on Women’s Issues, the Rome Creative Contest, and the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival—a renowned international showcase of Italian cinema held at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
It is currently on the festival circuit, distributed by Premiere Film.
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2024
AWARDS:
Best Short Film with a Female Theme – Afrodite Shorts
Nastro d’argento
CAST:
‘Alice’ – Ambrosia Caldarelli
‘Francesco’ – Daniele La Leggia
‘Arianna’ – Asia Nevi
‘Saverio’ – Matteo Bianchi
CREW:
Director, Story, and Screenplay: Guido Pontecorvo
Executive Producer: Stefania Balduini
Director of Photography: Vincenzo Carpineta
Editor: Marco Garavaglia
Assistant Director: Alessandro Scuderi
Set Design: Priscilla Rossi Pavolini
Costume Design: Daniela Ciancio
Original Score: Lorenzo Taddei
Production Sound Mixer: Marco De Carolis
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Start of Filming for Un Futuro Aprile
Synopsis:
A car bomb explodes in Pizzolungo, near Trapani. The target of the attack, Judge Carlo Palermo, survives by a miracle. Shielding him is Barbara Asta’s car, who is driving her two 6-year-old sons, Giuseppe and Salvatore, to school.
Almost nothing remains of their bodies. Their sister, Margherita, who turns 10 that day, was supposed to be in that car too. But her little brothers didn’t want to get dressed, so to avoid being late, she asked a friend for a ride. From that moment on, she became a survivor.
When she learned the judge’s name, Margherita thought it was his fault that her family had been destroyed. But as she grew up, she wanted to understand. She began following the trial against those who ordered the massacre. Her grief could not remain a private matter.
Today, she is an activist with Libera, fighting the mafia by telling the story of those innocent victims. Judge Palermo, on the other hand, left the judiciary due to the aftermath of the attack and ongoing threats.
They managed to meet only many years later, piecing together the fragments of their fate.
A car bomb explodes in Pizzolungo, near Trapani. The target of the attack, Judge Carlo Palermo, survives by a miracle. Shielding him is Barbara Asta’s car, who is driving her two 6-year-old sons, Giuseppe and Salvatore, to school.
Almost nothing remains of their bodies. Their sister, Margherita, who turns 10 that day, was supposed to be in that car too. But her little brothers didn’t want to get dressed, so to avoid being late, she asked a friend for a ride. From that moment on, she became a survivor.
When she learned the judge’s name, Margherita thought it was his fault that her family had been destroyed. But as she grew up, she wanted to understand. She began following the trial against those who ordered the massacre. Her grief could not remain a private matter.
Today, she is an activist with Libera, fighting the mafia by telling the story of those innocent victims. Judge Palermo, on the other hand, left the judiciary due to the aftermath of the attack and ongoing threats.
They managed to meet only many years later, piecing together the fragments of their fate.
Production:
Start of Filming: May 5 2025.
Director: Graziano Diana.
The film is based on the book “Sola con te in un Futuro Aprile” by Margherita Asta.
Cast: Ludovica Ciaschetti, Francesco Montanari and Peppino Mazzotta.
Start of Filming: May 5 2025.
Director: Graziano Diana.
The film is based on the book “Sola con te in un Futuro Aprile” by Margherita Asta.
Cast: Ludovica Ciaschetti, Francesco Montanari and Peppino Mazzotta.
