Italian Film Festival USA of Cleveland

Schedule of Events

7pm: Short Film Program

Title: the aquarium    acquario
Plot: vincenzo is at his first date with sara, he does not know what to do and he asks for help to chat-ait, an ia-based app that tells him what to say.
Director: gianluca zonta
Year: 2024
Length: 14’
Genre: comedy
Source: courtesy of the film director

Title: Nina    Nina
Plot: Nina is a child with Down syndrome that will need to stay two days in a structure for children with disabilities as her mom brings her older brother Giacomo to a soccer tryout. What was meant to be a quick stop becomes an important journey for the entire family.     
Director: Arianna Mattioli
Year: 2024
Length: 20’
Genre: Drama
Source: Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution

Title: love and chewing gum    chewing gum
Plot: how will 13-year-old riccardo kiss anna, the most beautiful girl of his middle school?     
Director: arianna di stefano
Year: 2024
Length: 13’
Genre: romantic comedy
Source: courtesy of premiere film distribution

Title: buzz
Plot: alma is in her twenties and has adhd. Among hives she feels perfectly comfortable as she learnt to manage her neurodiversity in that situation over the years. She is getting ready to take the university’s admission test. What first seemed chaotic and unmanageable, hides an organic order.     
Director: niccolò donatini
Year: 2024
Length: 12’
Genre: drama
Source: courtesy of shortsfit distribución

Title: jonas’ haircut    jonas
Plot: jonas travels to a beauty salon. Patty, the owner, will cut his hair. A haircut that will change both of their lives.     
Director: rosario capozzolo
Year: 2024
Length: 14’
Genre: drama
Source: courtesy of sayonara film

Title: superbi    superbi
Plot: in ascoli piceno, since 1860, the store “superbi” produces the town’s most famous olive ascolane. That is true at least until the young ismail opens a new shop of fried olives in town.     
Director: nikola brunelli
Year: 2024
Length: 15’
Genre: comedy
Source: courtesy of sayonara film

Title: the garden of delights    giardino
Plot: in the cooking school of the velletri penitentiary, some of the student are learning with the hope of working, one day, in a michelin star restaurant: the garden of delights.     
Director: daniele babbo
Year: 2024
Length: 17’
Genre: documentary
Source: courtesy of esen studios