Now in its fourth edition, the program presented at the eleventh Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival represents a showcase of the titles made by the students of the Master in Fine Arts in Filmmaking of Ca’ Foscari University, ideally positioning itself as a stepping stone to their professional career. One year of work, carried out between March 2020 and February 2021, which involved them in the experimentation of different cinematographic styles: fiction, documentary, experimental films, commercials and music videos. Moreover, for each work the students took turns in different roles and acquired tout court skills in the wide panorama of styles and expressions that cinema allows us to use
Web Series – Dittatore per un giorno / Dictator for a day – ep. 1
16’30”
Realizzato dagli studenti del Master in Fine Arts in Filmmaking 2019-2020 / Made by the students of the Master in Fine Arts in Filmmaking 2019-2020
Story and screenplay tutor: Anja Boato
Cast: Vincenzo Tosetto, Giovanni Rossato, Francesca Burlini, Duilio Norrito, Barbara Marzot, Sandro Barosi, Marika Tesser, Giorgio Folin, Piermario Vescovo
The most ramshackle and extreme of Reality is based in the town of Olivopoli: Dictator for a day. Luigi, a boy obsessed by comics and, in particular, by the character of Thor, is the first of the competitors. Will he be able to win the hearts of the inhabitants of Olivopoli?
Tua, Nora – Yours, Nora
7’ 42”
Director: Francesco Fogliazza
Screenplay: Elena Spagnolo, Francesco Fogliazza
Cinematography: Francesco Fogliazza, Lorenzo Sabbadin
Editing: Charlie Sierra
Sound: Cristiano Baldissera
Production Design: Valeria Pagotto
Cast: Charlie Sierra, Giosuè Vettorato
Yours, Nora is a love story short tutorial made by the students of the Master in Fine Arts in Filmmaking. Yours, Nora is a love story about questions, doubts and indecisions. Due to an important job offer, Nora will begin to question her relationship with Simone, finding herself at a crossroads: career or love?
Te lo regalo se te lo vieni a prendere – I’ll give it to you if you come over to get it
7’47”
Directors: Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Story: Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Cinematography: Mattia Ferrero, Nicolò Mazzurco, Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Editing: Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Sound: Lorenzo Ribichini, Luca Pili
Production Design: Camilla Lavarda, Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese, Lorenzo Ribichini
Cast: Beatrice Boschiero, Vincenzo Tosetto
A young woman wants to get rid of a sofa. The potential buyer visits her and he tries to know more about the owner of the sofa.
Giacomina dove sei? – Where are you, Giacomina?
Director: Claudia Sferrazza
Screenplay: Claudia Sferrazza, Margherita Mascaro, Soumya Flifli, Matteo Carruozzo, Nicolò Novek
Cinematography: Matteo Carruozzo
Editing: Matteo Carruozzo
Music & Sound: Matteo Carruozzo
Cast: Claudia Sferrazza, Nicolò Novek, Giacomina
A businesswoman and single mother returns home to discover that her daughter Giacomina is missing. The only clue she finds are some location details. Once she reaches the indicated place, she receives a call from her ex-boyfriend obsessed with getting her back, who informs her that her daughter is with him; she only has one hour to find her by a series of clues.
The Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival is also pleased to present the first work of one of the newly graduated students of the Master in Fine Arts in Filmmaking
Virtuoso
14’26”
Director: Nico Amedeo
Screenplay: Peter Walters
Cinematography: Federica Marchese
Editing: Thomas James Gilbert
Musica & Sound: Ricardo Valdez
First AD: Alejandro Scott
Producers: Nico Amedeo, Peter Walters, Federica Marchese, Nicolò Mazzurco
Cast: Scott Trost, Martin Sun Hans Anderson, Evan Fang
As a father is fighting against Parkinson’s in order to be able to play the “aria” his son once used to master, he is interrupted by his android servant, intrigued by the piano unknown to him. Rollo, the servant, masters the tune to please his master, but instead brings back memories better forgotten.
Spot promozionale NH Rio Novo Hotel /Commercial ad for NH Rio Novo Hotel
Commercial short movie for the NH brand. The video made by the Master students presents the Venice NH Rio Novo Hotel, focusing in particular on its close bonds with cinema.
NH Experience
1’ 35”
Directors: Matteo Carruozzo, Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Story: Matteo Carruozzo, Camilla Lavarda, Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Cinematography: Matteo Carruozzo, Giacomo Pugliese
Editing: Alessandro Michieli, Giacomo Pugliese
Soundtrack: Made it fall in love with you by Michael Shynes – Fonte: Artlist
Cast: Luisa Di Rita, Luisa Trinca, Giulia Gatto
A prestigious movie star, guest at the excellent NH Rio Novo hotel, gets lost in the memories of the past in a Venice of the ‘70s.
