Onde Corte - (Slot 3)

Synopsis

Shortfilms:

Oh Boys, Antonio Donato; Italy, USA, UK; 17’
Synopsis: In a coastal village, three stories of masculine pride unfold: in a local band, musicians compete to outshine one another with their virtuosity; a tourist desperately tries to impress his new girlfriend over lunch; and an amateur ping pong player faces a humiliating defeat at the hands of a young girl. Everything shifts when a young saxophonist decides to break free from the spirit of competition that weighs on the village and play against the flow.
 
Cielo inferior, Valeria Gaudieri; Argentina; 10’
Synopsis: In Argentine Patagonia, a tormented priest searches for a lamb for the town’s festival. But this simple quest turns into an unexpected exchange: to obtain the lamb, the priest must give something back to the land by facing a specific demand—to tell the truth about his past, whatever the cost.

As a Cure, Dorothea Sing Zhang; China, UK; 16’
Synopsis: A girl sifts through the dune to find her identity card in order to enroll in the Beijing Opera academy.

Resti umani, Lorenzo Gonnelli; Italy; 17’
Synopsis: Grosseto, early 1990s. In an abandoned quarry, Sami, a young Albanian boy, lives in isolation with Massimo, who takes care of him. During the night, the arrival of a man with a kidnapped child transforms the quarry into a suspended, inscrutable space where Sami is left alone.

Thunder, Stefania Accettulli, Matteo Raffaelli; Italy; 20’
Synopsis: Irene is a young woman who lives without ever really having control over her own choices. After the suicide of her older brother Massimo, she goes to the riding school where he used to work to manage his legacy: Thunder, an old horse. Since she cannot take care of him herself, Irene learns that the animal is at risk of being sent to the slaughterhouse. She has only two weeks, therefore, to find him a new owner. Helped by Tobias, the grumpy manager of the stables, Irene tries to save the horse at all costs, thereby facing her terror of making decisions and her anger toward her brother's actions.