CULTURE NIGHT 2024 - Screening of 10 Italian short movies

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Ten short films selected by the Italian Short Film Center from the most particular and representative works made in Italy during 2022-2023.

The short films will be screened in loop from 17:00 to 20:30, in Italian with English subtitles.

Room: 1st floor rooms (Scala and Bandiera)

Free event, booking essential

LIST AND SYNOPSIS OF THE SHORT FILMS:

IL PANDA MINORE

by Sofia Arciero – 2023, 14 min.

In the outskirts of Rome, Thomas is stranded in his Panda Young car by the roadside. The car has no intention of moving.

S’INDATTARAIU

by Matteo Pianezzi - 2023, 19'

Mario is a fisherman who has spent his entire life for the sea and for his family. At sixty years old, widowed and destitute, he finds himself in great difficulty: he loves his job, but it is a job he is no longer able to do.

ZUM SEE

by Federico Fasulo - 2023, 10'

Amidst chores, daily errands, waiting, and meetings, a village boy and a young German tourist strive to find time together during the brief summer holidays.

RADIO PERLA DEL TIRRENO

by Noemi Arfuso - 2023, 16'

A documentary that evokes characters and places of the southern Italian province in the late 1970s and early 1980s through a free radio station.

BIRDWATCHING

by Francesco Eramo - 2023, 16'

Anita, a fifteen-year-old girl, lives with her grandparents. She shares a special bond with her grandfather, particularly through their mutual passion for birdwatching.

CHELLO ‘NCUOLLO (IMPURE)

by Olga Torrico - 2023, 17’

Renata lives in a small country town where time appears to have stood still, and life follows the rhythm of rural activities. During the summer, Renata experiences her first period.

BAROLO IS DEAD

by Anna Cordioli, Francesco Moroni Spidalieri, Simone Dipietro - 2023, 10'

A mysterious fungus known as Micelliosa HT-21, the top threat to Barolo wine grapes, has been discovered. Realizing that solidarity is the only answer to climate change, the residents of a small Piedmontese village devise a plan to tackle the issue.

LE SIRENE

by Francesco Quadri - 2023, 11'

Camillo is a young rebel on the run. He is fleeing from his family and from a military regime that suppresses all freedom.

IL MONDO SALVATO DALLE RAGAZZINE

by Maria Luisa Usai - 2023, 20'

A slide takes us into the lives and imaginations of five teenage girls born in Sassari, Sardinia, in the north-west of the island.

COLORCARNE

by Alberto Marchiori - 2023, 10'

Orlanda wants to give her niece a pair of ballet slippers for her dance recital but finding them in the right color proves to be quite a challenge.

IIC participates to Culture Night as part of the EUNIC cluster Dublin and adheres to the "European Culture Trail" initiative. For those visiting European Culture Trail events in person, you can take your “European Culture Trail Passport” (copies available at the IIC) and collect stamps or signatures at each stop. Those passports with the most stamps at the end of the night will be entered into a raffle for the chance to win some wonderful prizes.

Host or Publisher Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Dublino