ITALY / 17 MIN / 2024 / FICTION / 4K / 1.85:1 / STEREO / COLOR
Subtitles available: EN, IT, ES
Anna sta crescendo, ha appena compiuto sette anni. Stefano (Lino Guanciale) e Margherita (Eleonora Giovanardi) hanno in serbo per lei una sorpresa e si affannano per metterla in pratica facendo squadra, mentre una serie di imprevisti mette loro i bastoni tra le ruote. Il tentativo goffo e ostinato di appigliarsi a un rito familiare trascina il padre e una giovane receptionist d’albergo (Paola Buratto) in un’insolita avventura notturna, diventando in realtà la ricerca di un modo segreto e “magico” per comunicare senza usare le parole.
Anna is growing up. She’s just turned 7-years-old. Stefano, and Margherita, want to surprise her, teaming up while a series of unexpected events happen. The awkwardness and stubbornness of their family ritual, makes a father and a young receptionist dive into an unusual night adventure to find a secret and ‘magical’ way to communicate without words.
more information
Festivals & Awards
Officine Social Movie (ITA, 2024) – Primo Premio ‘Linguaggio Giovanile’
BCT Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione (ITA, 2024) – Best Short Film, Best Actor ‘Lino Guanciale’
Outdoor Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Best Short Film, Best Actor ‘ Lino Guanciale’
Umbria Film Festival – Amarcorti (ITA, 2024) – Best Short Film
Pop Corn Festival del Corto (ITA, 2024) – Special Mention Moscerine Film Festival
Edera Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Audience Award for Best Short Film
Inventa un film – Lenola (ITA, 2024) – Best Short Film
No Bounds Short Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Special Mention
Milan Shorts Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Best Actress
Voghera Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Best Actor, Young Jury Award
NurSind Care Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – Best Short Film
Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival (USA, 2024)
River Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Settimo Short Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Festival del Tempo (Italy, 2024)
Andaras – Traveling Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
SanGiò Verona Video Festival (ITA, 2024)
Fernando di Leo Short Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Lunigiana Cinema Festival (ITA, 2024)
Ariano Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Corto e Cultura (ITA, 2024)
Videocorto Nettuno (ITA, 2024)
Francigena Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Villammare Film Festival & Friends (ITA, 2024)
Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Fabriano Film Fest (ITA, 2024)
Afragola International Film Festival of Architecture and Design – Al di là della visione (ITA, 2024)
Festival de Cinema de Castel Volturno (ITA, 2024)
Via dei Corti Festival Indipendente di Cinema Breve (ITA, 2024)
Asperger Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
Accordi@Disaccordi International Film Festival (ITA, 2024)
CortiSonanti (ITA, 2024)
Funcinema (ARG, 2024)
Filmfest Weiterstadt (DEU, 2024)
Press - Interviews & Reviews
Taxidrivers – Review
starring
Lino Guanciale, Eleonora Giovanardi, Paola Buratto, Gaia Minoli, Adriano Giannini
directed by
Paolo Bonfadini & Davide Morando
written by
Paolo Bonfadini, Irene Cotroneo, Davide Morando
production company
produced by
Davide Traina
cinematography by
Diego Diaz
editing by
Davide Morando
set design
Silvia Finesso
costumes
Carmela Debellis
hair and make up
Filippo Monzio Compagnoni, Carla Oppes, Roberta Manigrasso, Tamara Li Causi
sound
Alessandro Becchi
sound design
Luca Cansano
original music
Luca Fois
artistic supervision
Silvio Soldini
color grading
Diego Diaz
VFX Supervisor
Valerio Marcozzi
poster design
Yilin Chein
distribution & world sales
paolo's bio
Paolo Bonfadini is an Italian filmmaker, author and musician, graduated in History at Università degli studi di Milano and in Film and TV Direction at Civica Scuola di Cinema L. Visconti. Since 2021 he is part of Sky TG24 's team working as a director. With Collettivo Asterisco* he has co-directed “Gea” (2020) & “The true story of the world’s biggest hide-and-seek game ” (2021), nominated for the Italian Golden Globe as Best short film (2022). “Ultraveloci” & ‘Rasti’ written and directed with Davide Morando, are his latest short films.
davide's bio
Davide Morando is an Italian filmmaker, editor and scriptwriter. After studying Filmmaking at the London Film Academy, he worked as a creative producer for different TV networks such as Paramount Network, MTV & Sky. In 2017, he was nominated to the PromaxBDA Global Excellence Awards in Los Angeles. His comedy short film "Gli Atomici Fotonici", starring Giovanni Storti produced by MINI Italia, was selected in more than 50 international film festivals. In 2022 his short film "The true story of the world’s biggest hide-and-seek game”, written and directed with Paolo Bonfadini & Irene Cotroneo, was nominated for the Italian Golden Globe.