Official Selection 2021

Fiction

1. Wine Lake (Australia)

Platon Theodoris, 2020, 9’32’’

2. Waiting for Deading (United States)

Paul Sestakov, 2021, 27’57’’

3. Boys (United States)

Luke Benward, 2021, 13’15’’

4. Shadow Bird (India)

Savita Singh, 2020, 25’42’’

5. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (China)

Shiyue Xu, 2020, 12’

6. The Finding (New Zealand)

Rebecca Tansley, 2021, 21’ 

7. The Seed of Hope (Italy)

Nando Morra, 2021, 17’

8. Just Like Water (Greece)

Manos Triantafillakis, 2021, 12’54’’

9. The chair (Italy)

Raffaele Salvaggiola, 2021, 14’59’’

10. The Bowl (Turkey)

Emrah Güzelkokar, 2020, 12’

11. Squish (Belgium)

Xavier Seron, 2020, 20’

12. Diversity (Germany)

Martina Huismann, Marc Eggers, 2020, 4’24’’

13. Summer Ends (United States)

Hailong Niu, 2020, 17’26’’

14. Standard Temperature (China)

Zhouchunyu Yu, 2020, 17’07’’

15. From Khovrino (Russian Federation)

Daria Elena Dashunina, 2020, 7’41’’

16. YuanYuan (China)

Shiyue Xu, 2020, 16’21’’

17. Faleminderit (Luxembourg)

Nicolas Neuhold, 2020, 13’22’’

18. Who Is Jerry Adams? (Switzerland)

Michael Degani, 2020, 18’54’’

19. Mirror (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Faranak Moradi, 2020, 14’04’’

20. Swelling (South Korea)

Sangkyu Kim, 2021, 23’31’’

21. Shadow of the Moon (China)

Shuhan Lei, 2020, 19’01’’

22. The age of reason (France)

Franchet Mathide, 2020, 27’57’’

23. Stronger (Italy)

Antonio Petruccelli, Francesco Siggillino, 2019, 4’25’’

24. Pilibhit (India)

Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Pankaj Mavchi, 2020, 23’10’’

25. Ten (Japan)

Motoyuki Itabashi, 2020, 13’11’’

26. Notturno (Italia)

Emanuel Nencioni, 2021, 12’

27. Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Italia)

Maria Paola Viano, Emanuel Cossu, 2020, 21’03’’

28. The First Time is always the Hardest (Italia)

Federico Bosi, 2021, 5’30’’

29. Pray for Water (United States)

Rene Rehak, 2019, 5’40’’

30. Georgia (South Korea)

Jayil Pak, 2020, 29’57’’

31. Bluestar (Belgium)

François Vacarisas, 2021, 24’04’’

32. The Great Artist (United States)

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, 2020, 22’57’’

33. The Legend of Sombrerón (Guatemala)

Enrique A. Mendoza, 2021, 9’

34. Naida (Russian Federation)

Yuri Sholin, 2021, 20’

35. Time & Tide – a Trilogy (United Kingdom)

Justin Spray, Marc Green, Jonathan Stow, 2021, 15’

36. Great Celebration (Italy)

Gianmaria Sortino, 2021, 12’54’’

37. Mind the Gap (Switzerland/United Kingdom)

Marco Bitonti, 2019/2020, 18’

 

Documentary

38. If I went to school I'd go far (Italy)

Rosa Ferro, 2021, 20’

39. Endless Return (Italy)

Andrea Bersani, 2020, 23’

40. La gente di Napoli - Humans of Naples (Italy)

Maurizio Di Nassau, Luciano Ruocco, 2020, 30’

41. Atevs – The clown nose in the pocket (Germany)

Liudmyla Vasylieva, 2021, 33’45’’

42. Taxiderman (Italy)

Rossella Laeng, 2021, 30’

43. Osannaples Experience (Italy)

M. Deborah Farina, 2021, 14’

44. Collecting Time (Greece)

Christos Sagias, 2020, 30’

45. Installation City (Hong Kong)

Songqiao Zhao, Wu Tong, 2021, 15’

46. Feast (Hong Kong)

Li Yongzheng, 2021, 13’

47. Something About Paolo (Italy)

Donato Canosa, 2018, 30’

48. Banishing the ill wind (Italy)

Donato Canosa, 2016, 48’

49. Old Child (Belgium)

Elettra Bisogno, 2020, 16’33’’

 

Experimental

50. Splash (China)

Huang Weipeng, 2020, 9’24’’

51. The Hyperzoo (Italy)

Michele Giangrande, 2020, 14’21’’

52. Wander (United States)

Dimitri Luedemann, 2020, 12’46’’

53. 2020 (United Kingdom)

Heléna Antonio, 2021, 3’47’’

54. Le Voyage dans la Lune (Israel)

Rotem Tsulker, 2021, 1’55’’

55. Sliced in Three (United Kingdom)

Raphaël Zyss, Alice Wade, 2020, 7’01’’

56. The Women’s Angels (Italia)

Emanuela Del Zompo, Rosanna Gambone, 2020, 10’

 

Animation

57. Mila (United States)

Cinzia Angelini, 2021, 19’50’’

58. Let's Fall in Love (China)

Shengwei Zhou, 2021, 8’

59. Final Deathtination (Japan)

Marika Tamura, 2021, 2’05’’

60. Orders (Spain)

Aleix Pitarch, 2020, 29’46’’

61. Pain Boy (United States)

Gus Fink, 2021, 17’47’’

62. Fall of the Ibis King (Ireland)

Mikai Geronimo, Josh O'Caoimh, 2021, 9’42’’

63. A little too much (United States)

Martina Scarpelli, 2020, 3’40’’

64. Hope (Qatar)

Abdulla Al-Janahi, 2020, 8’33’’

65. Dormo Poco e Sogno Molto - Espana Circo Este (Italy)

Paolo Santamaria, 2020, 3’37’’

66. Two Little People (Australia)

Xin Li, 2020, 3’ 

67. The Parrot Lady (Cyprus)

Michalis Kalopaidis, 2020, 6’45’’

68. The Boy and The Mountain (Chile)

Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal, 2020, 11’23’’

69. The Air and the Worlds (Egypt)

Rana Ashraf, 2021, 13’05’’

70. I am not an Angel (Canada)

Joe Chang, 2021, 10’46’’

71. The Box Station (South Korea)

Jinyoung Lee, 2019, 4’06’’

72. Pursuit of Heavens (Macao)

Pak Hou Chau, 2021, 2’44’’

73. What’s there (Macao)

Pak Hou Chau, 2021, 3’45’’

 

Industrial/advertisement films and Territory Promotion

74. Concetto spaziale: Attese (Italy)

Jacopo Zanessi, 2020, 11’49’’

75. Openings. Gazes beyond the Limit (Italy)

Francesca Molteni, Mattia Colombo, 2021, 52’31’’

76. A corporate film, dedicated to the 5th anniversary of GPM KIT group (Russian Federation)

Elena Oleynik, 2020, 12’

77. Il Tesoro di Monticchio (Italy)

Giuseppe Varlotta, 2021, 13’35”

78. Tuscany Memories (Italy)

Mario Mariani, 2020, 12’30’’

79. Unicredit per l‘Italia (Italy)

Ferzan Özpetek

80. La Bottega Filistrucchi (Italy)

Mario Mariani, 2021, 28’30’’

81. Hocu Randa Meu (Italy)

Linda Papaleo, 2020, 15’

 

Bio & Arts

82. Age Cannot Wither Her - La Marchesa Casati Stampa (Italy)

Marco Agostinelli - Sezione Life Style

83. Venezia Revisited Renato Missaglia For Expo Dubai (Italy)

Franco Cristaldi – Sezione Made in Italy

84. Red Regatta (Italy)

Giovanni Pellegrini, 10’ – Sezione Arte e Navigazione

85. Venezia Anno Zero (Italy)

Andrea Morucchio, 2020, 13’ – Sezione Urbanistica

86. Ali di Tela la Metamorfosi di Angelo d’Arrigo (Italy)

Giovanni Pellegrini, 67' – Sezione Scienza

87. Joseph Whitaker (Italy) – Sezione Vino e Famiglie

Giovanni Pellegrini, 44’

 

Cinema per la Scuola

88. Identità Italiane - Storie & Memorie della Comunità (Italy)

Montecatini International Short Film Festival in collaborazione con Liceo Coluccio Salutati e Liceo Jacopo Stellini, 2021, 120’

89. The Best of MISFF Comunità di Montecatini Terme (Italy)

Montecatini International Short Film Festival, 2021, 5’

90. Storie di Alternanza 2020-2021 – Montecatini Terme (Italy)

Liceo Jacopo Stellini, 2021, 4’58’’

 

Special Guest Italia

Fiction

91. Selfiemania, (Italy, Austria, Russian Federation)

Max Gruber, Elly Senger Weiss, Elisabetta Pellini, Max Colangelo, 2021, 78’

92. Umami il quinto sapore (Italy)

Angelo Frezza, 2021, 93’

93. Dolcemente Complicate (Italy)

Angelo Frezza, Rosario Petix, 2019, 95’

94. Infelici e Contenti (Italy)

Francesco Mazza, 2021

95. Social Pomodoro (Italy)

Fabrizio Borni, 2021, 15’18’’

96. Lockdownlove.it (Italy)

Anna Marcello, 2021, 19'58"

97. Una tela piena di colori (Italy)

Fabrizio Borni, 2021, 12’

 

Documentary

98. Matricola Enpals 79031 (Italy)

Fabrizio Borni, 2021, 90’

99. Trem de Utopia (Italy, Brazil)

Fabrizio Mambro, Ben Sa' Freire, 2021, 90’

 

KIFF Kinolitopys, Kyiv (Ucraina Guest Country)

100. God Will Forgive

Ogannes Khachatryan, 2020, 17’

101. The Page

Olga Artushevska, 2020, 4’

102. Candle for Life

Anna Kulak, 2021, 10’

103. A Hut on Chicken Legs

Hrebeniuk Danyil, 2021, 10’

104. Bogdara – Anastasiya

Marharyta Kizim, 2021, 17’

105. Behind the Screen

Denys Puzema, 2020, 9’

 

AVANCA Film Festival (Portugal Guest Country)

Fiction

106. Eu & Eu

Passos Zamith, 2021, 10’

107. Capacetes 

Gustavo dos Santos, 2020, 10’

108. A tua vez

Cláudio Jordão, David Rebordão, 2019, 17’56’’

 

Documentary

109. Paluí Está Aqui? Histórias sonoras para cantos interiores

Miguel Almeida, Helena Caspurro, 2020, 34’48”

110. Murmuratorium – rumos e rumores 

Luís Margalhau, 2020, 27’