Onde Corte ACADEMY - (Slot 8)

Synopsis

Shortfilms:

Fichi secchi, Pietro De Fazio; Italy; 19’55’’
Synopsis: Simone helps his father, Fabio, with deliveries for the family catering business. After his father takes a bad fall, Simone gets behind the wheel. Between delays and arguments, the van breaks down in the middle of the countryside. Too exhausted to do anything more, the two fall asleep. At dawn, they have breakfast with the last missed delivery and, in silence, they share a little istance of intimacy.

Pedali (o fiori), Fabrizio Bartolini, Francesco Russo; Italy; 14’
Synopsis: Vincenzo has just finished middle school, and so have his friends. As the slopes of Mount Vesuvius empty out for the summer, Vincenzo has one last chance to find his classmate Chiara and declare his love for her, before she leaves the city forever.

Malalco, Niccolò Corti; Spain; 14’
Synopsis: As wildfires devastate the Patagonian forest, a family of ranchers from the indigenous Mapuche community receives a notice that their land has been sold. Forced to leave their home within thirty days and find a new one, little Malena looks for a solution in the eyes of a horse, the Malalco.

L'ura du giudizziu, Costanza Fusco; Italy; 19’51’’
Synopsis: Sicily, 1864. A brother and sister, driven by hunger, become makeshift grave robbers and plunder the tomb of an old noblewoman. The loot is meagre: a stocking, with the entire leg still inside it, which the dead woman returns to claim.