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La Vera Storia della Partita di Nascondino Più Grande del Mondo

The True Story of the World’s Biggest Hide-and-Seek Game

ITALY / 11 MIN / 2021 / MOCKUMENTARY / HD / 1.85:1 / STEREO / COLOR
Subtitles available: English, Italian, Spanish, French
CORTOMETRAGGIO FINALISTA PER IL GLOBO D’ORO 2022
Every year, Serravalle Langue is the traditional setting for the World’s Biggest Hide-And-Seek Game. All its inhabitants hide to honor the memory of the partisans who were forced to disappear to save themselves and the Country, during the Resistance. Who will win the Golden Hazelnut this year?
A Serravalle Langhe la tradizione vuole che, ogni anno da più di settant’anni, si giochi la partita di nascondino più grande del mondo. Tutti si nascondono per onorare la memoria dei partigiani che, durante la Resistenza, furono costretti a darsi alla macchia per salvare se stessi e tutto il paese. Chi vincerà quest’anno la Nocciola d’Oro?

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Festivals & Awards
  • Globo d’Oro 2022 – FINALISTA
  • Piemonte Documenteur Filmfest (Italy, 2021) – winner Primo Premio della Giuria, Premio del Pubblico (ex aequo), Premio Distribuzione
  • Asti International Film Festival (Italy, 2021) – winner Premio della giuria giovani
  • TRETS, Festival Internacional de Cinema i Cultures  (Spain, 2022)- winner Premio del Pubblico, premio della Giuria
  • Valsusa Filmfest (Italy, 2022) – winner sezione Fare Memoria
  • Trame Indipendenti (Italy 2022) – winner premio del pubblico per la categoria narrativi
  • Filmare la storia (Italy, 2022) – winner Premio Polo del 900’
  • Film Festival della Lessinia (Italy, 2022)- Premio Cassa Rurale Vallagarina al miglior film sulle Alpi
  • International Alpine Film Festival of Les Diablerets (FIFAD) (Switzerland, 2022) – winner court métrage prize
  • Memoria in corto (Italy, 2022) – Premio miglior cortometraggio nella categoria Filmmaker; Premio “Nino Chirico” alla regia.
  • Fano Film Festival (Italy, 2022) – menzione speciale della giuria
  • Aprilia Film Festival (Italy, 2022) – Miglior Documentario e Premio Rotary
  • Premio Ermanno Olmi (Italy, 2022) – winner 2nd Award
  • Festival Internazionale di cinema di frontiera – winner Migliore Regia
  • Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce (Italy, 2022) – Premio Emidio Greco
  • BAFICI (Argentina, 2022) – international premiere
  • Ennesimo Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • Trento Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • BCT – Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione (Italy, 2022)
  • Urtija – Provincia Spontanea (Italy 2022)
  • Nuovi Mondi (Italy, 2022)
  • Terre da Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • Amarcorti dell’Umbria Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • Concorto Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • Santiago del Estero Film Festival (Argentina, 2022)
  • Festival Pineda de Mar (Spain, 2022)
  • Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany, 2022)
  • SediciCorto Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • ​​Festival Corto e a Capo – Premio Mario Puzo (Italy, 2022)
  • Francigena Film Festival (Out of competition) (Italy, 2022)
  • Lublin Film Festival (Poland, 2022)
  • Certamen de cortos Soria (Spain, 2022)
  • Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (Nepal, 2022)
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Austral (Argentina, 2022)
  • La.Meko Kurzfilmfestival (Germany, 2022)
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Ernesto Esteban Etchenique (Argentina, 2022)
  • Video Hackers Film Festival (Italy, 2022)

Press Reviews & Interviews

  • ‘Un nascondino particolare’ – Under Trenta by Ilaria Bionda.
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cast

Edoardo De Sero, Davide Falletto, Stefania Moraglio, Beppe Fenocchio, Claudia Cagnassi, Marco Rabino, Leyla Russo

written and directed by

Paolo Bonfadini, Irene Cotroneo, Davide Morando

production company

Collettivo Asterisco, Cinelabio

producer

Paolo Bonfadini, Irene Cotroneo, Davide Morando

cinematography

Paolo Bonfadini, Irene Cotroneo, Davide Morando

art direction

Paolo Bonfadini, Irene Cotroneo, Davide Morando

film editing

Davide Morando

sound design

Davide Morando, Tommaso Manni

animation

Davide Morando

color correction

Alberto Michelotti

translations

Katerina Pimstein

distribution & world sales

paolo's bio

Paolo Bonfadini is an Italian film and TV director and freelance screenwriter. He is currently working as a technical director for Sky Sport 24. He graduated in History at the University of Milan and in Film Directing at Civica Scuola di Cinema L. Visconti. His graduation movie Black Water was presented at Milano Film Festival in 2019. In 2020 he is co-founder of the creative collective asterisco*.

irene's bio

Irene Cotroneo was born in 1996 in Bergamo, Italy. After humanistic studies, she graduated in Production at Civica Scuola di Cinema in Milan. In 2019 she worked for Fremantle Italia as a member of the logistics coordination team during X Factor’s Live. In 2020 she was 2AD for the 2nd season of the TV serie “Nella Scatola Nera”, available on Prime Video. Recently, she has co-founded the creative collective asterisco*.

davide's bio

Davide Morando is an Italian director and editor. He has worked as a freelance Creative Producer for several television networks such as Paramount Network, MTV, Comedy Central and Sky. In 2017 he was nominated for the PromaxBDA Global Excellence Awards in Los Angeles. He has directed several short films, including: Sam Body, Gea and Gli Atomici Fotonici starring Giovanni Storti. In 2020 he is co-founder of the creative collective asterisco*.