Still of the short film Beyond the hill. Locandina del cortometraggio Oltre la collina di Andrea Maddalena Bernardi. prodotto da Officine IED e distribuito da ShortsFit. ShortsFit Distribution. ShortsFit Distribucion. Shortfits. Casa di distribuzione di cortometraggi. Cinema Italiano. Commedia italiana. Great short films.
Still of the short film Beyond the hill. Locandina del cortometraggio Oltre la collina di Andrea Maddalena Bernardi. prodotto da Officine IED e distribuito da ShortsFit. ShortsFit Distribution. ShortsFit Distribucion. Shortfits. Casa di distribuzione di cortometraggi. Cinema Italiano. Commedia italiana. Great short films.
Still of the short film Beyond the hill. Locandina del cortometraggio Oltre la collina di Andrea Maddalena Bernardi. prodotto da Officine IED e distribuito da ShortsFit. ShortsFit Distribution. ShortsFit Distribucion. Shortfits. Casa di distribuzione di cortometraggi. Cinema Italiano. Commedia italiana. Great short films.
Still of the short film Beyond the hill. Locandina del cortometraggio Oltre la collina di Andrea Maddalena Bernardi. prodotto da Officine IED e distribuito da ShortsFit. ShortsFit Distribution. ShortsFit Distribucion. Shortfits. Casa di distribuzione di cortometraggi. Cinema Italiano. Commedia italiana. Great short films.
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Oltre la Collina

Beyond the Hill

ITALY / 12 MIN. / 2025 / FICTION / DCP 2K / 1.33:1 / STEREO / COLOR

Subtitles in English, Spanish, Italian
Matteo, a young illustrator nervous about an interview, stops for a coffee. When Sara gets stuck in the café bathroom, he uses his drawings to calm her. As the bartender struggles to help, an unexpected bond forms: one that might change his day, and maybe his career.
Matteo, giovane disegnatore in ansia per un colloquio in una casa editrice, si ferma per un caffè. Nel bar, una donna, Sara, resta bloccata in bagno. Mentre il barista cerca di aiutarla, Matteo usa i suoi disegni per calmarla. Nasce un legame inatteso che gli cambierà la giornata… e forse la carriera..

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starring

Matteo Oscar Giuggioli, Carla Signoris

with

Fabio Zulli, Orsetta Borghero, Davide Gaudiosi

written by

Elisa Di Francesco & Alice De Luca

directed by

Andrea Maddalena Bernardi

produced by

Angela Ferramosca & Fabio Gandolfi

production company

1st AD

Giuseppe Scandiffio

cinematography by

Ikram Chaffoui

set design

Paola Spinato & Marco Montemezzo

costumes

Noemi Marzo

make up

Alessia Avdyli, Diana Boichuk, Erika Foti, Martina Piccione

editing by

Vincenzo Bafaro

sound design by

Gungor Utlu

animation by

Gungor Utlu

original music by

Andrea Massaria, Antonio Pontoriero, Michele Arena.

distribution & world sales

Andrea's bio

Born in 1998. She holds a degree in Cultural Heritage from Ca’ Foscari University and a Master’s in Cinema and New Media from IULM University in Milan. She began her career in film as an assistant director on Gabriele Salvatores’ Il Ritorno di Casanova. She currently works as an assistant director and casting assistant in her home region, Veneto. She was selected for the Serial Writing Training Camp at the Holden School in Turin and as a semifinalist for Giffonihub’s Smack Down! format, with the feature film project Vendetta su misura. Alongside her film work, she also works as a voice actress in Milan. Among her projects, the short film Mela Bacata (2022) was a finalist at the Giffoni School Experience competition and later developed into a serial project, reaching the finals of the Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie 2025. Her short film concept L’oracolo (2024) was selected for the Corto Lovere artistic residency, “Occhi sul Lago,” chaired by film critic Gianni Canova, and won first prize. In February 2025, she was selected by Giorgio Diritti to participate in Bottega XNL 2025. Between February and July 2025, she took part in the OffiCine IED 2025 workshop, where she was selected as director for the short film Oltre la collina (2025), starring Matteo Oscar Giuggioli and Carla Signoris.