Amarcort Film Festival 15th edition - Rimini (italy) - from 22nd to 27th November, 2022

These are finalists movies of Amarcort Film Festival 2022.

This page is being updated: day by day we will reveal the finalists of each section.

Amarcort

• The Eagle's Nest (Orlovsko gnijezdo) by Milija Šćepanović (Montenegro)
• Full Honours by Sergio Barrejón (Spain)
• Fereshteh by Elika Rezaee (Iran)
• 68.415 by Antonella Sabatino e Stefano Blasi (Italy)
• Sweet Home by Lorenzo Sisti (Italy)
• Georgia (조지아) by Jayil Pak (South Korea)
• Amici di Sempre by Christian Marazziti (Italy)
• Sugar People (Shekerni Luge) by Suzana Dinevski (Macedonia)
• Without a Promise (დაპირების გარეშე) by Tati Baramia (Georgia)
• The Clown's Funeral by Yu Shibuya and Showgo Ookawa (Japan)
• The Madmen's Diagonal (La Diagonal des Fous) by Doria Tillier (France)
• C'era Una Volta a Ribolla by Giovanni Guidelli (Italy)
• Table for 3 (Mesa para 3) by Álvaro G. Company and Meka Ribera (Spain)
• 8:19 by María Guerra (Spain)
• Amateurs by Ceres Machado (Spain)
• Larvae by Alessandro Rota (Italy)
• If it ain't broke (Ma Shelo Nisbar) by Elinor Nechemya (Israel)
• Another story (Otra historia) by Luis Jorge Mujia Duarte (Cuba)
• Piercing to the Bone by Xuyu Zhang (China)
• Amici per la pelle (Deeper than the skin) by Angela Bevilacqua (Italy)
• Il Grande Melies by Beatrice Campagna (Italy)
• Destinata Coniugi Lo Giglio by Nicola Prosatore (Italy)
• The Bottle Opener (Bière amère) by Julien Dewitte (Belgium)
• La Foto Perfetta by Eleonora Mozzi (Italy)
• The Odor of Orange dei Malas Twins (Syria)
• Wishaway (Fidibus) by Klara Von Veegh (Austria)

Aldina (by school of cinema students)

• Non è finita qui by Benedetta Fontana (Italy)
• To Darkness by Kate Minju Kim (South Korea)
• Have a Nice Dog! by Jalal Maghout (Germany)
• Dadu by Raghav Puri (USA)
• Ali by Sharon Andía Sevillano (Spain)
• Soredia by Julia Ponce Díaz (USA)
• Zama by Miguel Ángel Marqués Bordoy (Spain)
• Break Point (Am Sand) by Guy Lichtenstein (Austria)
• Borzaya by Simon Schneckenburger (Germany)
• Elevator Alone by Anastasia Papadopoulou (Greece)
• Chocolate Tronchetto by Nicole Favarelli (United Kingdom)
• De dag die wit was (The Day That Was White) by Wannes Vanspauwen (Belgium)
• La più bella vedova del paese by Mino Capuano (Italy)
• L'impianto umano by Andrea Sbarbaro (Italy)
• Gita di Famiglia by Francesco Della Ventura (Italy)
• Yi yi (Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays) (依依) by Giselle Lin (Singapore)
• Unknown, Room 147 by Tamara Denić (Germany)
• Under Water by Frederic Kau (Germany)
• Pandas in Love by Elena Pilar Nyffeler (Germany)
• Phlegm by Jan-David Bolt (Switzerland)

Rex (animation)

• If people were oviparous (Kdyby lidé byli vejcorodí) by Anna Smekalova (Czech Republic)
• Shirey Mara by Nata Korneyeva (Belarus)
• Txotxongiloa di Sonia Estévez (Spain)
• A Night at the Cemetery by Stelios Polychronakis (Greece)
• Invisible Eyes (보이지 않는 눈, Boiji Anneun Nun) by Jung Seung-hee (South Korea)
• A Quarter to 4 by Catalina Matamoros Puerto (Colombia)
• Guard of Honour by Edmunds Jansons (Latvia)
• On The Surface by Fan Sissoko (Iceland)
• Loop by Pablo Polledri (Spain)
• Somebody Take the Wheel by Kenzie Sutton (USA)
• Sex Relish (a solo orgasm) / Jouir (en solitaire) by Ananda Safo (France)
• Red Gaia by Udesh Chetty (South Africa)
• Alla Corte del Trono Vacante: Il Diavolo va domandando...by Alessio Tanchis (Italy)
• In his Mercy (In seiner Gnade) by Christoph Büttner (Germany)
• Reduction by Anna Reka Szakaly (Hungary)
• Lady Betty by Paul McGrath (Ireland)
• Bottle Cap by Marie Hyon and Marco Spier (USA)
• 45" by Lucija Oroz (Croatia)
• Broken Potato (坏掉的土豆) by Water 税源 (China)
• Fortress (Twierdza) by Slawek Zalewski (Poland)
• Sauna by Anna Lena Spring and Lara Perren (Switzerland)
• The Doctor's Wife by Bruno Simões (Portugal)
• Phonos (Fonos) by Gabriela Badillo (Mexico)

Calzinazz (documentaries and reportages)

• Io Sono Il Cosmo by Chiara Ortolani (Italy)
• Nando by Alec Cutter (Brazil)
• Still Here (Aquí Seguimos) by Álvaro Hernández Blanco (Spain)
• The Stream XII by Hiroya Sakurai (Japan)
• Sbagliando S'Inventa by Alice Sagrati (Italy)
• Busy (Bergtatt) by Jan Otto Ertesvåg (Norway)
• Belle River by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin (Canada)
• Pagirnis by Anastasija Pirozenko (Netherlands)
• Common Language by Volia Chajkouskaya (Estonia)
• Incontro con Federico Fellini (Meeting Fellini) by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo (Italy)
• La Lunga Strada by Alessio Salvini (Italy)
• Mrs Lovely by Alexandre Degardin (France)
• Green Panther (Grüner Panther) by Marcel Scheible (Switzerland)

Gironzalon (experimental)

• Dear Eva (Drahá Evo) by Veronika Martiskova (Czech Republic)
• Esterno Giorno (Exterior Day) by Giulia Magno (Italy)
• Pèlagos by Sam3 (Italy)
• Vuja De by Viktor Ivanov (Italy)
• The Fall by Rafael Larx (Mexico)
• 1MTH/MIN by Ethann Néon (Belgium)
• Lo Spioncino (The Peephole) by Tiziana Martini (Italy)
• ETC. by Pablo Millan (Spain)
• My Father's Damn Camera! (Ta presneta ocetova kamera!) by Milos Tomic (Slovenia)
• Her Violet Kiss by Bill Morrison (USA)
• While my goatee gently bleats by Kong Pahurak (Thailand)
• S[QUARE]D by Helena Gudkova (Ukraine)
• The End of Originality by Laura Zayan (Denmark)
• Everything We Know About You by Roland Denning (United Kingdom)
• Selfi (Selfie) by Gökcan İltöre İlbay (Turkey)
• Les Dieux Changeants by Lucio Arese (Italy)
• Once I Passed by Martin Gerigk (Germany)

Gradisca

• Even by Khalil Charif (Brazil)
• Irene by Alessandra Salvoldi e Giulia Ravasi (Italy)
• Rubic's Cube by Krystsina Ramanava (Czech Republic)
• Mister D by Gary Beeber (USA)
• Phonetrip by Miriam Muraca (Italy)
• Vienna Table Trip by Virgil Widrich (Austria)
• Giovanni by Marco Di Gerlando and Ludovica Gibelli (Italy)
• La polizia ascolta by Alessio Di Lallo (Italy)
• Entropy of Things by Sean Wirz, Carlo El Basbasi and Basil Oberli (Swtizerland)
• Bed Trip by Victor Cazal (France)
• La vita ordinaria di un uomo che voleva diventare un Albatros by Luca Arcangeli (Italy)
• I don't want to forget anything by Eva Soumeli (Cyprus)
• Blunt! by Boris Schaarschmidt (USA)
• La rinascita by Eva di Matteo Ceschi e Federico Ramponi (Italy)
• Call Center by Eszter Kajlik (Hungary)
• Cadde la notte su di me by Bruno Ugioli and Riccardo Menicatti (Italy)
• Salon Gloria by Fabio Thieme (Germany)
• Scape Learning by Hiroshi Atobe (Japan)
• Per le vie del paradiso by Giuseppe Gimmi (Italy)
• Ho Incontrato Fellini! by Domenico Saverni (Italy)
• 7 doses of dopamine (7 dosis de dopamina) by Virginia Rodriguez (Spain)

Fulgor (only italian)

• Promiseland by Luigiantonio Perri
• The House of Piada by Michele Abbondanza and Francesco Zucchi
• HUB on their own skin by Francesco Barozzi
• La Caccia by Davide Mastrangelo
• Rouge by Matteo Novelli
• My biggest wish by Alessio Focardi and Andrea Castelli
• Il Mostro Slargacalzini by Letizia Sabadini
• Luce Attraverso by Irene Cavazzuti
• The Little Beauty by Francisco Calvo Tudela
• Matres | Bloodlines by Luca Di Bartolo
• Back Home by Luca Di Bartolo
• Scratch by Ginevra Migliarini
• In Memory Of by Mattia Bioli
• Borderless by Nicolas Morganti Patrignani
• Brothers by Gian Paolo Mai and Maurizio Nari

Cantarel (videoclip)

• Disperata by Andrea Vonjako Giacomini (Romania)
• Copikorrupt - Seems Like Human Corrupted by Igor Eyt and Alexandr Krasnovitskii (Russia)
• Tulipomania: (This Gilded Age) So What Are You Looking At? by Cheryl Gelover and Tom Murray (USA)
• Migrant Bird by Nati Golan and Naama Arbel (Israel)
• Freaky by Christian D. K. Long (USA)
• Safe Distance by Rona Soffer (Israel)
• A Rimini by Lorenzo Prioli (Italy)
• Io non sono razzista, ma... by Stefano Cinti, director Marco Locurcio (Belgium)
• To exist by Marina Fastoso (Italy)
• Boy Toy by Sylvain De Robert and Sylvain Ferland (Canada)
• Fare domani by Francesco Chiot (Italy)
• Lao Tseu by Rosalie Loncin (France)
• Joy Beasts by Marc-André Lefebvre (Canada)
• Desert by Gaelle Salvat, Claire Salvat and Elliot Aubin (France)
• Bukons - 50K by Rostas Laurentiu Gabriel (Italy)
• Ti Odio by Federico Longo (Italy)
• A Perdere by Viola Mancini (Italy)
• Hold On by Josh Peterson (USA)
• Fuori d'Italia by Massimo Modula (Italy)
• Bodysceming by Ludovica Amati (Italy)

Miranda (animated short films for the younges)

• In The Woods by Ivana Češková (Czech Republic)
• Steps (Stupeni) by Tatiana Moshkova, Marina Moshkova (Russia)
• Cow (牛) by Wendy Wai Yi Kong (Hong Kong)
• Damn It! by Elena Walf (Germany)
• Hello Stranger by Julia Ocker (Germany)
• The Magnet (Magneti) by Arvan Berisha (Kosovo)
• Cat and Bird by Franka Sachse (Germany)
• Cut-outs (Wycinanki) by Marta Gabiga (Poland)
• Favole dal Mondo Nuovo: L'Assenza dell'Acqua by Fulvio Nebbia (Italy)
• Cool For You by Sherene Strausberg (USA)
• Dream in Color by Marijn Raeven (Belgium)
• Cat and Moth by India Barnardo (Canada, United Kingdom)
• Spoon by Arthur Chays (France)

MOViE (short films that use dance, movement and body language to convey stories, emotions, messages)

• Sleeping Beauty by Jana Nedzvetskaya (Russian Federation)
• Errante by Floriana Franchina (Italy)
• Walks With Me by Kati Kallio (Finland)
• Dies bt Stefano Di Pietro (Italy)
• Under Every Skin by Megan Stancanelli (Italy)
• Dominique by Ludovica Amati (Italy)
• In Light by Alice Fassi (Italy)
• Tarot by Alice Kohl (Belgium)
• bodyart by Livia Chow (Singapore)
• La Galerie by Loup-William Théberge (Canada)
• Folds of Wind by Samir T. Radwan (Egypt)
• Tres Pasos by Antonello Matarazzo (Italy)
• Birdsong by Alice Elizabeth Ann Pennefather (United Kingdom)
• Reflections by Fotis Skourletis (Greece)

Be a parent (category, dedicated to short films on the topic of parents-children relationships)

• Tra le 7 e le 8 by Mattia Trezza (Italy)
• If you close your eyes really tight (Якщо сильно заплющити очі) by Arseniy Prylipka (Ukraine)
• The Quiet Loud by Emily Brubaker (USA)
• Task (Задача) by Deyan Rumen Angelov (Bulgaria)
• Contatto by Valerio Lorito (Italy)
• The Lesson by Alisa Selishchava (Spain)
• Le Pompon by David Hourrègue (France)
• The Secret Life Of Jim by Emmet Kelly (Ireland)
• La Challenge by Carlo Alessandro Argenzio (Italy)
• The first Sunday after the First full Moon (Pirmas Sekmadienis po Pirmos Pilnaties) by Greta Griniūtė (Lithuania)
• Sissy by Eitan Pitigliani (Italy)
• Pinocchio by Emilio Guizzetti (Italy)
• Bank by Kalle Fransson (Sweden)

This year we had the pleasure, in collaboration with Rimini's Local Health Services and Casa Meraki, to host a selection committee composed of neurodivergent people. After having watched short films from four different categories (Gironzalon, Aldina, Rex and Calzinazz), these are the finalists that will be presented and projected during the dedicated event.

• Once I Passed di Martin Gerigk (Germania)
• First Aid - Test Series 1 di Myriam Thyes e Maria Anna Dewes (Germania)
• Drawing From Memory di Daood Alabdulaa (Germania)
• La Terrazza di Francesco Maria Stefanoni (Italia)
• Sex Relish (a solo orgasm) / Jouir (en solitaire) di Ananda Safo (Francia)
• Loop di Pablo Polledri (Spagna)
• A Night at the Cemetery di Stelios Polychronakis (Grecia)
• Residenza Fittizia (Fake Address) di Luca Capponi (Italia)
• Dominion di Lindsey Ward (USA)