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6TH EDITION PROGRAMMA
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6th Il Varco International Short Film Festival
April 13 – New Cinema Aquila – 9.00 pm
Fairplay
(2022, Zoel Aeschbacher)
Drama, 15′
Un adolescente in cerca di conferme, un operaio pronto a tutto per vincere il jackpot, un dirigente al tramonto della sua carriera che vuole dimostrare a sé stesso di essere ancora vivo: tre personaggi che si stanno smarrendo sull’autostrada della competizione.
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Scale
(2022, Joseph Pierce)
Drama, 15′
Granny’s Sexual Life is a short animated film, based on the anonymous testimonials gathered by Milena Miklavcic in the book ‘Fire, Ass and Snakes are not toys’.
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The Mechanics of Fluids
(2022, Gala Hernández López)
Documentary, 39′
Nel 2018, un incel chiamato Anathematic Anarchist ha pubblicato su Reddit una lettera di suicidio intitolata “L’America è responsabile della mia morte”.
The Mechanics of Fluids è un tentativo di trovare risposte alle sue parole. Una deriva virtuale attraverso internet alla ricerca delle sue tracce digitali che finisce per essere un viaggio interiore tra le nostre solitudini connesse.
IL VARCO PRESENTS
Fairplay
(2022, Zoel Aeschbacher)
Drama, 9′
È Capodanno. Jim e Morten giocano ai videogiochi tutta la notte, come ogni notte. Ma Morten stasera si sente a disagio.
April 14 – New Cinema Aquila – 9.00 pm
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(2022, Douwe Dijkstra)
Drama, 28′
How can one understand a violent past? Abdi, of Somali origin, recreates scenes from his life, marked by war and crime, with the help of Douwe, his neighbor and director. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, the two candidly undertake an investigation of a painful history, focusing from beginning to end on the creative process.
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(2022, Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard)
Experimental, animation,14′
A journey into the grandmother’s youth and memories of her intimate life illustrate the condition of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.
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(2022, Mo Harawe)
Drama, 28′
An experienced Somali policewoman once again escorts a young detainee through the procedures of the Somali judicial system.
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(2022, Shuli Huang)
Drama, 20′
A young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search of himself, but a long conversation with his mother pushes him to focus on his search for acceptance and love.
April 15 – New Cinema Aquila – 9.00 pm
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Tria
(2022, Giulia Grandinetti)
Drama, 17′
In a dystopian Rome, immigrant families cannot have more than three children. If a fourth arrives, it must be born, but then one must be killed, giving priority to females for sacrifice. Zoe, Iris, and Clio are three sisters, but one of them will soon be killed.
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Asterión
(2022, Francesco Montagner)
Drama, 15′
A lone, tireless bull waits under the scorching sun, while a man dives into the dark depths of his being, in a shared attempt to defeat death.
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Sonnenstube
(2022, Davide Palella)
Documentary, 8′
Sergio Cortesi has dedicated his life to observing the Sun. At the Solar Observatory in Locarno, from 1957 to 2021, he created over 15,000 drawings of sunspots, driven by the faith of a monk to whom his own god has never given an answer.
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Ice Merchants
(2022, João Gonzalez)
Animation, 14′
Every day, a father and his son parachute from their house, perched high on a cliff, to reach the village at the foot of the steep mountain, where they sell the ice they produce every day.
