EUROPEAN Short Film and Screenplay Festival
Showcasing the best of European Films and Scripts at the FEEDBACK Festivals!
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: TOUCH ME
BEST PERFORMANCES: FIRST COMMUNION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: FIRST COMMUNION
BEST MUSIC: SPIZELLA
Theme of night: Youth forced to grow up.
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SPIZELLA, 20min., Germany, Drama
Directed by Mehmet Tığlı
Spizella is a word with Latin and Greek origin and it means ‘sparrow’. Spizella is the story of a father and his daughter with troubled family relationships, which have become even more troubled after the death of the mother. The father keeps forcing his daughter to keep the mourning attitude alive and ongoing within the house and he tries to keep his communication with her very limited. This gloomy house is no different than a cage for this timid girl. The strong revival of her childhood memories and dreams by means of a souvenir suitcase left from her mother can bring the girl a glimpse of happiness.
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TOUCH ME, 21min, Luxembourg, Drama
Directed by Eileen Byrne
Alice has a fight on her hands. Against her breast cancer which makes her feel so helpless as she sees her body changing.
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FIRST COMMUNION, 20min., Spain, Drama
Directed by Ignacio Lasierra Pinto
Maria wants to make her deceased mother?s last wish come true. Nevertheless, in her family, nobody seems to care.
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OPEN YOUR LIPS, 8min., Italy, Drama
Directed by Eleonora Ivone
A story begun and never finished. A story caused by the most ferocious instincts of the human being and that is repeated every day. It is terrible but 85% of cases of pedophilia occur in the family. Coming out of pain and guilt is impossible for an abused child. Even the years cure the wounds.
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THIS, WHICH I HAVE, 16min., Poland, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Marek Stoklosa
Enclosed space. A feeling arises between Artur and Julia. Love, despite many limitations, wants to escape beyond the walls. The battle begins from the very first moment. Their victory seems inevitable. Can something stop them?
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Graduated from the Economics Academy of Krakow. From proffesion, a stockbroker – but in pursuit of a passion, a student of AMA Academy in Krakow. Aspiring to the role of a film director and screenwriter. Traveler, self-taught philosopher and a fan of the arthouse cinema, looking for inspiration in non-commercial films
Spizella is a word with Latin and Greek origin and it means ‘sparrow’. Spizella is the story of a father and his daughter with troubled family relationships, which have become even more troubled after the death of the mother. The father keeps forcing his daughter to keep the mourning attitude alive and ongoing within the house and he tries to keep his communication with her very limited. This gloomy house is no different than a cage for this timid girl. The strong revival of her childhood memories and dreams by means of a souvenir suitcase left from her mother can bring the girl a glimpse of happiness.
Roman, she was trained as an actress by following several acting schools and stages:
Actor’s Studio method with Susan Strasberg (1995),
Stanislavskji method with Russian teacher C. Dolganov (1994),
Student of actresses and teachers Fulvia Mammi and Elsa Polverosi (1993-1998)
Acting school directed by Beatrice Bracco (1996),
Steges with Susan Strasberg (1997)
Stages with Greta Seacat (2000-2001) teacher of the actor’s New York studio.
She has been the testimonial of many commercials in Italy, Europe and the USA.
She is a screenwriter with Angelo Longoni and director of the short film “OPEN LE LIPS” on the subject of child abuse.
The film, presented at the Venice Film Festival and at the Rome Festival, was received with great interest and is participating in numerous national and international festivals and to date has won the following awards:
Terra di Siena Film Festival – Award for the best first film
Festival of Peoples and Religions of Terni – Award for Best Screenplay and Soundtrack
“OPEN YOUR LIPS” is my first short film, my first director. I did it with the will to use cinema in its most important function: the social denunciation. To give voice to all those children who could not speak.
A story begun and never finished.
A story caused by the most ferocious instincts of the human being and that is repeated every day.
It is terrible but 85% of cases of pedophilia occur in the family.
Coming out of pain and guilt is impossible for an abused child. Even the years cure the wounds.
And what happens in the abused child’s brain? And above all how does that child become an adult? Sometimes the desire to do justice alone for those adult children is the only way to go.
For those who have suffered the worst wrongs “there is no forgiveness and there is no revenge” there is only the desperate need to go further.
THIS, WHICH I HAVE, 16min., Poland, Drama/Thriller
OPEN YOUR LIPS, 8min., Italy, Drama
FIRST COMMUNION, 20min., Spain, Drama
TOUCH ME, 21min, Luxembourg, Drama
SPIZELLA, 20min., Germany, Drama
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