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IL FILM FESTIVAL- Italian London short Film Festival 2024
IL FILM FESTIVAL- Italian London short Film Festival 2024

IL FILM FESTIVAL- Italian London short Film Festival 2024

Running time: 120 mins

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Release Date: 15/11/2024

IL Film Festival is the first London based, Italian Short Film Festival dedicated to movies with an Italian flavour.
A buzzing night to have a taste, in little bites, of Italian cinema.
Founded by Italian filmmakers who made London their new home, the Festival aims to bring the two worlds closer.
A great networking event for actors and industry people: a big opportunity for directors and producers to showcase their work and make new contacts, and surely a chance for cinema lovers to spend a lovely night in central London.
IL Film Festival is made in collaboration with Nymeria Films.

Official selection:

Black Samphire
Director: Alexander Vanegas - Sus
In a rural village poisoned by polluted waters, a couple on the brink of collapse must face the consequences of ignoring the signs.

Tre Volte alla Settimana — Three Times a Week
Director: Emanuele Vicorito
The Berrezzella sisters are avid Lotto players; three times a week they try their luck, fueling it with due superstition and an ancient technique. One day, in Vico Scassacocchi, they are confronted with the scene of a betrayal, which becomes yet another opportunity for them to try their luck and change their lives forever...

A Piedi Nudi — Barefoot
Director: Luca Esposito
Poverty and class inequality retrace the story of a simple boy seeking a better future.

L’Acquario - The Aquarium
Director: Gianluca Zonta
Vincenzo is on his first date with Sara, he asks for help from an application based on AI, which suggests what to say. A love story is born and they organise a blind date for their best friends, advising them both to use AI.

Diorama
Director: Elena Conti
To be born and to grow up on an island like Sardinia, it almost feels like living inside of a Diorama: a small, picturesque surrounding that can only give you an impression of reality. Benzina — Gasoline Director: Daniel Daquino Vincenzo runs a gas station on a provincial road. He suffers from an OCD that makes his life full of maniacally ordered gestures and rituals. The hours go by, the songs on the stereo, the cars and the jokes of two kids. Only a woman seems to notice him and she lights something in Vincenzo that makes him react in an unexpected way.

In Una Goccia — In A Drop
Director: Valeria Weerasinghe
Split between two cultures, a young girl falls into an imaginary jungle to escape her daily life. Guided by a drop, she finds herself in front of her roots and realises her heritage will forever be an important part of her identity.

Bordovasca — Pool Edge
Director: Giuseppe Zampella
A scorching summer day like any other. Chaos descends on a public swimming pool when the innocent game between a daughter and a father becomes a nightmare.

Benzina- Gasoline
Director: Daniel Daquino
Vincenzo runs a gas station on a provincial road. He suffers from an OCD that makes his life full of maniacally ordered gestures and rituals. The hours go by, the songs on the stereo, the cars and the jokes of two kids. Only a woman seems to notice him and she lights something in Vincenzo that makes him react in an unexpected way.

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