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CHILDREN'S PROGRAM |
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Thirteen recent shorts will be presented in one short film program lasting approximately 90 minutes. The program is geared toward an audience of children age 6-12 and includes short feature and animated films.
All children are required to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. |
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| Title: |
CLIMAX |
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| Plot: |
A musical band is playing in a dull city street. Small colored shapes come out from their instruments to the rhythm of the music while people around them start dancing. |
| Director: |
Amedeo Traversa |
| Year: |
2016 |
| Length: |
5 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
SHADOW |
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| Plot: |
Adele has to face her first day in a new school. She’s shy, but her shadow is not nearly as shy as she is. |
| Directors: |
Loredana Erbetta, Manuela Gualtieri, Irene Piccinato |
| Year: |
2011 |
| Length: |
3 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
BUTTERFLIES |
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| Plot: |
Do you remember your first kiss? It is as if butterflies were flying in your stomach… |
| Director: |
Lisa Riccardi |
| Year: |
2016 |
| Length: |
6 min. |
| Genre: |
Short |
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| Title: |
NINO & FELIX |
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| Plot: |
Nino and Felix are two very different boys who are forced to live together as brothers. During a walk they discover the mystery which they have in common. |
| Directors: |
Lorenzo Latrofa, Marta Palazzo |
| Year: |
2015 |
| Length: |
8 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
LACE & TALC |
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| Plot: |
A little boy from the eighteenth century finds himself in our world and discovers that, nowadays, his tastes only belong to the female gender.
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| Directors |
Riccardo di Mario, Lilia Miceli, Anna Peronetto, Sara Tarquini |
| Year: |
2016 |
| Length: |
8 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
TWO LEFT FEET |
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| Plot: |
In a public square in Rome, Mirko is playing soccer with his friends and Luana is waiting for her father. |
| Director: |
Isabella Salvetti |
| Year: |
2016 |
| Length: |
6 min. |
| Genre: |
Short |
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| Title: |
OBLÒ-AMAZING LAUNDRETTE |
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| Plot: |
An abandoned laundry machine porthole can unleash unexpected memories and revive the creative fantasy of childhood. |
| Directors: |
Martina Carosso, Ilaria Giacometti, Mathieu Narduzzi, Eura Pancaldi |
| Year: |
2017 |
| Length: |
6 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
STROLLICA |
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| Plot: |
Strollica, a ten-year-old girl, learns that a wind power plant will be built in her favorite park. She’s worried, and notices that birds don’t sing anymore and the landscape doesn’t look very beautiful. She’s determined to demolish the windmill herself. |
| Director: |
Peter Marcias |
| Year: |
2017 |
| Length: |
10 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
FARE THEE WELL |
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| Plot: |
Filippo is a spoiled boy scout whose task is filling the water bottles at a fountain in the woods. There, he meets Rodolfo, a fisherman who needs water for his car. |
| Director: |
Mattia Venturi |
| Year: |
2015 |
| Length: |
9 min. |
| Genre: |
Short |
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| Title: |
MONSTER MOM |
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| Plot: |
A seven-year-old boy fights with his mom and runs to his room. His rage grows until it appears in the shape of a huge, fascinating monster. |
| Directors: |
Cristian Guerreschi, Gaia Satya Matteucci, Alessandra Rosso, Giorgio Siravo, Saul Chedid Toresan |
| Year: |
2012 |
| Length: |
7 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
MY DOG'S NAME IS WIND |
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| Plot: |
A boy loses his dog. He will find a new friend with whom he will run like the wind. |
| Director: |
Peter Marcias |
| Year: |
2016 |
| Length: |
10 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Title: |
STRAWBERRIES |
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| Plot: |
Giulio is six and he’s allergic to strawberries. One day, his mom discovers him eating strawberries. To avoid being punished, Giulio closes himself in the bathroom where he discovers a new world. |
| Director: |
Alessandro Sasha Codaglio |
| Year: |
2017 |
| Length: |
15 min. |
| Genre: |
Short |
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| Title: |
MAMMA MIA |
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| Plot: |
In two personal episodes the authors tell us, with humor and tenderness, about their mothers and the weight of their legacy. |
| Directors: |
Milena Tipaldo, Francesca Marinelli |
| Year: |
2013 |
| Length: |
7 min. |
| Genre: |
Animation |
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| Times: |
Cleveland: April 8, 1:30 p.m. |
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Portland: April 21, 10:00 a.m. |
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Detroit: April 22, 2:00 p.m |
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Phoenix: April 27, 3:30 p.m. |
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The Children's Program was curated by the Italian Film Festival USA, in collaboration with the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Dipartimento Animazione of Turin and the Centro del Cortometraggio. |
