The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio present Dieci corti in giro per il mondo (Ten Shorts Around the World) 2024. This selection, which ranges from comedy to drama to documentaries, is meant to be a broad overview of Italian contemporary shorts.
S’INDATTARAIU
Matteo Pianezzi – 2023, 19 min.
Mario is a fisherman who has spent his entire life for the sea and for his family. At sixty years old, widowed and destitute, he finds himself in great difficulty: he loves his job, but it is a job he is no longer able to do.
ZUM SEE
Federico Fasulo – 2023, 10 min.
Amidst chores, daily errands, waiting, and meetings, a village boy and a young German tourist strive to find time together during the brief summer holidays.
RADIO PERLA DEL TIRRENO
Noemi Arfuso – 2023, 16 min.
Radio Perla Del Tirreno is a documentary that evokes characters and places of the southern Italian province in the late 1970s and early 1980s through a free radio station.
IL PANDA MINORE
Sofia Arciero – 2023, 14 min.
In the outskirts of Rome, Thomas is stranded in his Panda Young car by the roadside. The car has no intention of moving.
CHELLO ‘NCUOLLO (IMPURE)
Olga Torrico – 2023, 17 min.
Renata lives in a small country town where time appears to have stood still, and life follows the rhythm of rural activities. During the summer, Renata experiences her first period.
BAROLO IS DEAD
Anna Cordioli, Francesco Moroni Spidalieri, Simone Dipietro – 2023, 10 min.
A mysterious fungus known as Micelliosa HT-21, the top threat to Barolo wine grapes, has been discovered. Realizing that solidarity is the only answer to climate change, the residents of a small Piedmontese village devise a plan to tackle the issue.
IL MONDO SALVATO DALLE RAGAZZINE
Maria Luisa Usai – 2023, 20 min.
A slide takes us into the lives and imaginations of five teenage girls born in Sassari, Sardinia, in the north-west of the island.
COLOR CARNE
Alberto Marchiori – 2023, 10 min.
Orlanda wants to give her niece a pair of ballet slippers for her dance recital but finding them in the right color proves to be quite a challenge.
BIRDWATCHING
Francesco Eramo – 2023, 16 min.
Anita, a fifteen-year-old girl, lives with her grandparents. She shares a special bond with her grandfather, particularly through their mutual passion for birdwatching.
LE SIRENE
Francesco Quadri – 2023, 11 min.
Camillo is a young rebel on the run. He is fleeing from his family and from a military regime that suppresses all freedom.
Shorts in Italian with English subtitles
- Year2023
- Runtime150 minutes
- LanguageItalian
- CountryItaly
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Directorsee each short
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio present Dieci corti in giro per il mondo (Ten Shorts Around the World) 2024. This selection, which ranges from comedy to drama to documentaries, is meant to be a broad overview of Italian contemporary shorts.
S’INDATTARAIU
Matteo Pianezzi – 2023, 19 min.
Mario is a fisherman who has spent his entire life for the sea and for his family. At sixty years old, widowed and destitute, he finds himself in great difficulty: he loves his job, but it is a job he is no longer able to do.
ZUM SEE
Federico Fasulo – 2023, 10 min.
Amidst chores, daily errands, waiting, and meetings, a village boy and a young German tourist strive to find time together during the brief summer holidays.
RADIO PERLA DEL TIRRENO
Noemi Arfuso – 2023, 16 min.
Radio Perla Del Tirreno is a documentary that evokes characters and places of the southern Italian province in the late 1970s and early 1980s through a free radio station.
IL PANDA MINORE
Sofia Arciero – 2023, 14 min.
In the outskirts of Rome, Thomas is stranded in his Panda Young car by the roadside. The car has no intention of moving.
CHELLO ‘NCUOLLO (IMPURE)
Olga Torrico – 2023, 17 min.
Renata lives in a small country town where time appears to have stood still, and life follows the rhythm of rural activities. During the summer, Renata experiences her first period.
BAROLO IS DEAD
Anna Cordioli, Francesco Moroni Spidalieri, Simone Dipietro – 2023, 10 min.
A mysterious fungus known as Micelliosa HT-21, the top threat to Barolo wine grapes, has been discovered. Realizing that solidarity is the only answer to climate change, the residents of a small Piedmontese village devise a plan to tackle the issue.
IL MONDO SALVATO DALLE RAGAZZINE
Maria Luisa Usai – 2023, 20 min.
A slide takes us into the lives and imaginations of five teenage girls born in Sassari, Sardinia, in the north-west of the island.
COLOR CARNE
Alberto Marchiori – 2023, 10 min.
Orlanda wants to give her niece a pair of ballet slippers for her dance recital but finding them in the right color proves to be quite a challenge.
BIRDWATCHING
Francesco Eramo – 2023, 16 min.
Anita, a fifteen-year-old girl, lives with her grandparents. She shares a special bond with her grandfather, particularly through their mutual passion for birdwatching.
LE SIRENE
Francesco Quadri – 2023, 11 min.
Camillo is a young rebel on the run. He is fleeing from his family and from a military regime that suppresses all freedom.
Shorts in Italian with English subtitles
- Year2023
- Runtime150 minutes
- LanguageItalian
- CountryItaly
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Directorsee each short
