Istrana, October 24th, 2018 – The Fiaticorti International Short Film Festival closes the 19th edition with the awarding ceremony on Friday, October 26th inside the Cinema Theater of the military airport of Istrana, Treviso, which opens its doors to the citizens and lives the event together with the city in mutual collaboration.
The 23 international short films have been selected by the Festival organizers and as stated by the Artistic Director Bartolo Ayroldi Sagarriga they "present a critical picture of the family, in continuation with what we saw at the 2018 edition. But unlike last year, where there was mostly an absence of the parental figure, this year the parent is more authoritarian and repressive, especially in the European works, and this sometimes leads to rebellion, to emotional contrast and to the attempt to recover a lost serenity. This vision of the relationship "parent-child" is the narrative transposition of the difficult relationship between the people and the institutions whose distance is generating, in Europe, phenomena of remoteness and protest".
The jury will take care of the awarding of the 4 prizes: best actor or actress, best short film, best short film of the comic section and best short film of the special section dedicated to works by filmmakers living in Veneto or short films that relate to Veneto because of their themes or settings (FiatiVeneti). In addition, there will be also a prize by the popular jury.
The jury of the 19^ edition is composed by Alessandro Cinquegrani, historic juror of Fiaticorti, the philosopher Umberto Curi and the director Marco Segato.
The 23 finalists come from Moldova, Brazil, Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Iran, the Netherlands, Spain and they enrich the list of selected films that increases to 500 short films in 19 editions of the Festival. An important cultural heritage that is of enormous value for the Municipality of Istrana, which has been organizing the Festival for nineteen editions.
Born in 2000 Fiaticorti confirms itself as the longest-running film festival in the province of Treviso and one of the first national festivals dedicated to short films, in a panorama of about 200 events dedicated to shorts taking place in Italy. The Festival is organized and supported by the Municipality of Istrana (TV) in collaboration with the local Pro Loco, Progetto Giovani of Istrana and the Air Force 51°stormo, it has the patronage of the Veneto Region and the Province of Treviso.
Fiaticorti stands out for its identity that recalls the film clubs from the Seventies, for the attention it gives to the territory in which it was born - the Veneto - dedicating to it a special section of the festival and for the strong internationalization it has developed in recent years.
During the four evenings held during the month of October, all the short films in competition were screened, giving space also to the analysis and discussion of the films together with the audience, an aspect that the Festival Fiaticorti has always considered fundamental to convey to the audience the contents and the meanings of each short film.
Admission is free but a registration is required since the event takes place inside a military area.
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Bismillah by Alessandro Grande – Italy, 2018
Samira is Tunisian, she is 10 years old and she illegally lives in Italy with her father and her brother, who is 17. One night she will have to face alone a problem bigger than her.
Zona by Toofan Nahan Ghodrati – Iran, 2017
A man is brought to court because of a woman with whom he has a relationship that leads to a pregnancy. To verify their claims the woman takes a D.N.A test that reveals a great secret about her life...
Nightshade by Shady El-Hamus - Netherlands, 2018
Tarik is an 11-year-old boy who helps his father to transport illegal immigrants to the Netherlands. When an accident occurs, Tarik has the chance to get from him the recognition he has always desired, but at a high price - the loss of his innocence.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS
Maud Wyler in “Même pas mal, petit animal” by Juliette Kempf – France, 2018
Marthe must face a dinosaur, edit a groom and avoid blows. Because today Simon is turning six and she has decided to throw him a birthday party. But Marthe is tired...
Linda Mresy in “Bismillah” by Alessandro Grande – Italy, 2018
Samira is Tunisian, she is 10 years old and she illegally lives in Italy with her father and her brother, who is 17. One night she will have to face alone a problem bigger than her.
Roberto Citran
in “Môn clochard” by Gian Marco Pezzoli – Italy, 2018
Davide is a frustrated teacher who lives with his wife and son in a quiet apartment building in the suburbs. His daily routine is interrupted when one of his neighbours hosts a homeless man in the courtyard of the building. All residents begin to take care of him, since he seems to fill their lives with pure joy, without ever saying a single word. David begins to feel a deep hatred towards tha man and tries to get rid of him, with poor results. In the end, when his wish will come true, the disappearance of the man will have unexpected effects.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE FIATICOMICI AWARD
Parru pi tìa by Giuseppe Carleo – Italy, 2018
Annachiara lives in the suburbs of Palermo with her family. She wants to win back her ex-boyfriend. Her grandmother suggests that she uses an ancient ritual that could save the fate of her lost love.
Il mondiale in piazza by Vito Palmieri – Italy, 2018
The story starts with the exclusion of the Italian National Team from the 2018 World Cup. After the great disappointment, a group of people organizes a parallel world cup in the squares, in which Italy will play with other national teams composed of immigrants. But one of these "migrants" was born in Italy and feels Italian. Therefore, a solution must be found.
Belle à croquer by Axel Courtière – France, 2017
Oscar Mongoût, a gourmet cannibal, burns with love for his neighbour, the very vegetal Miss Carrot. This passion seems destined to end: she is a vegetarian and he suffers from a total phobia for vegetables. Things change drastically the evening she invites him to dinner.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE FIATIVENETI AWARD
Asfalto#1 – Pensare metà by Dimitri Feltrin – Italy, Treviso
Asfalto # 01 is the intimate story of a public event. The construction site of the Pedemontana Highway covers over 95 kilometers of countryside in the provinces of Vicenza and Treviso. The Tonin family, from the village of Riese Pio X, will lose half of their farm, built with many sacrifices. The Pedemontana is about to cross their property, riding the history and the conflicting emotions of this family.
Affogare by Marco Berton Scapinello – Italy, Rovigo, 2018
"You make me sick" says a woman to her man at the end of a relationship. But first there was love. And life. And miserable desires. Ours and of other men and women. A look makes us suddenly go back in time, when we thought it was right to love and live following our heart.
Terre di mezzo by Maria Conte – Italy, 2018
Sara's favourite homework for summer holidays is to grow and take care of a tomato plant. Hoever, her family lives in an apartment, so she will plant it in a small abusive garden that her grandparents have in an abandoned land between the city and the countryside. One day Sara, her mother and her grandmother go to the garden, but they find some men who make a clean sweep. Silently and powerless, they leave.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE POPULAR JURY AWARD
Anders by Reinout Hellenthal – Netherlands, 2017
A 14-year-old boy, Alex, develops a close friendship with his older sister's boyfriend and will have to face the depth of his feelings when the couple announces that they will move.
El niño que quería volar by Jorge Muriel – Spain, 2018
In the Madrid of the 80s, Ivan, a five-year-old boy, is faced with the birth of a new brother. His sister is Dad's favorite, the newborn is mom's favorite. What place does he occupy in this new situation? What if he could fly away and escape?
Deux mains by Michaël Barocas – France, 2017
The life of a man through his hands and those around him.
