Onde Corte - (Slot 4)

Synopsis

Shortfilms:

Mama, finek?, Nadir Taji; Italy; 24’
Synopsis: Salem, a ten-year-old boy, disobeys his father and runs to save his mother, who is threatening suicide after an argument between the parents. While triying to save her, he discovers that in the world of adults, he cannot be the hero of that story.

BID16, Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose; Canada; 11’

Synopsis: Carmen hasn’t paid rent on her storage locker and her belongings are going to be sold for auction. She convinces her younger brother, Anthony, to help steal her stuff back but they are caught. Anthony chases Carmen around the city as she tries to find cash. Eventually, Carmen is faced with a choice: to finally get her stuff back or to preserve her relationship with her little brother.

Architetture della visione, Marco Mingolla; Italy; 17’30’’
Synopsis: For some time now, a mysterious condition has been spreading: suddenly, people stop seeing. It is not their eyesight that goes out, but something inside—an inner blindness. In search of her missing partner, Chiara arrives at a residence on the Adriatic coast where an experimental therapy is being tested.

Rifiorirai, Simone Peluso; Italy; 15’27’’
Synopsis: Viola works in her father’s butcher shop, trapped in a silent, alienating routine. When her pregnancy ends, the silence of her life grows denser. Outside the shop, a small withered tree slowly begins to occupy her thoughts, like a promise of rebirth.

When the Ground Paused, Jess Barclay Lawton; Australia; 14’
Synopsis: Twenty-year-old Calida moves through the uneven terrain of early motherhood while carrying the unresolved weight of her own youth.
 
Gli elefanti bianchi, Maurizio Ravallese; Italy; 20’
Synopsis: Matteo and his sister Marilena set out on a mysterious journey into the mountains to carry something precious: something worth a life, one that will force them to reckon with their own past.