KINOFILM: Italian Shorts Programme

TICKETS AVAILABLE two weeks prior to eventsCheck the web site or our Social Media for news.Kinofilm™ has a unique reputation for showcasing the best short films and debut features from around the world and is  renowned for seeking out diverse, challenging and groundbreaking new films. The festival maintains a high standard with many European & International award-winning shorts featured in the Festival. It includes special programmes in low/no budget shorts, North West Shorts, British Shorts, European Shorts, International Panorama, Kino Exposed (student and youth shorts), and Kino Animation, giving new and emerging filmmakers the opportunity to have their work screened alongside that of critically acclaimed, established short filmmakers. The festival screens new debut features by filmmakers that have made the transition from short film to feature or have entered the feature industry from other creative platforms, such as music video, commercials, TV drama or Theatre.In addition to the festival, we champion the art and diversity of short film with our bi-monthly short film event KINO SHORTS in collaboration with The Mini-Cine at Ducie Street Warehouse,  with occasional debut feature screenings and film education events.The 20th edition of Kinofilm takes place12th - 18th and 29th May 2025,celebrating30 years of Kinofilm Manchester.For full festival details of what took place check our past events on here or check our web sitehttp://www.kinofilm.org.ukCheck the web site or our Social Media for news.Kinofilm Festival is organised and produced by Manchester International Film Festival©

Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film Fest

This years selection of Italian  Shorts from the 17th edition of KINOFILM Festival Manchester.

Instituto Cervantes Manchester

Italian (ADVISORY CERT 15)KinoFilm Manchester Presents:Doors open at 6.00pm programme starts at 6.30pmFREE EVENTWe&#x27;ve neglectful families and obsessive eco-warriors, gangsters with guilty secrets and boxers both successful and unsuccessful, sexual confusion and crises of identity, plus the problems of religious choice in a commercial age, in this programme of new shorts from Italy.INTERVIEW WITH ROSSELLA (UK Premiere)Dir: Andrea Andolina, Wri: Valentina Burolo, Prod: Ass.c. Bobo e i suoi Amici, 040FilmItaly, 2019, 10 min 35 sec, Cert: PGRossella is an old lady, both mother and grandmother, very busy and full of interests.AMARE AFFONDO (Love Sinking) (Greater Manchester Premiere)Dir / Wri: MATTEO RUSSO, Prod: MAKèFILMItaly, 2019 15 min, Cert 15Giacomo and Samuele grew up together in a small province of southern Italy. Over time their strong friendship has turned into something more. But they live in a culture that will not accept their relationship.FAMILY FIRST (Greater Manchester Premiere)Dir / Wri / Prod: Marco Mucig, Wri: Davide AngiuliItaly, 2019, 7 min, Cert: 12AMarco seems to have everything he could wish for: a beautiful girl by his side and friends galore. But he&#x27;s looking for something else, he’s looking for his true self. A boy split in half.THE LOONY BOXER (Greater Manchester Premiere)Dir / Wri: Paolo Strippoli, Wri: Lorenzo Bagnatori, Milo Tissone, Prod: Centro Sperimentale di CinematografiaItaly, 2017, 20 min, Cert: 15The brain of a five-year-old child in 110 kilos of muscles: Pino has the build and the skills to win, but his mother has made him into the boxer who falls on command, at the whim of bookies and mobsters. But now he decides for the first time that he wants to win.L&#x27;AMERICANO (North of England Premiere)Dir: Nicola Schito, Wri: Michela Lillo, Prod: Elisa CapettiItaly, 2019, 2 mins 39 sec, Cert: PGThe dedication of a boxer, who succeeds after sacrificing his own life to boxing, and the creativity of a barman, able to invent a cocktail with the inspiration of an artist.FINO ALLA FINE (UK Premiere)Dir / Wri: Giovanni Dota, Wri: Giulia Martinez, Prod: Centro Sperimentale di CinematografiaItaly, 2018 15 min 22 sec, Cert: 15Umberto &quot;Yes and no&quot;, the infallible killer of the Caputo clan, has just killed the wrong man. Now he will have to report to the boss. But Umberto hides a terrible secret.RELICIOUSDir / Wri: Raffaele Palazzo, Prod / Wri: Eugenio Villani, Prod: Haselwurm Produzioni Film Commission PiemonteItaly, 2018, 8 min 27 sec, Cert: PGImagine if religion was just something you could pick up the supermarket, like yogurt. Which brand would you choose?99.9% (Greater Manchester Premiere)Dir / Wri / Prod: Achille MarcianoItaly, 2019, 15 min, Cert: 15Respecting the environment and recycling waste are Andrea&#x27;s life mission. The arrival of Pasquale, who does not care about the environment at all will drive Andrea right over the edge.TRT: 94 min 03 sec

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