“Dignity” at the Bright Future Independent Film Festival!

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It’s been quite a while since I enrolled my short film documentary Dignity to a film festival, but someone suggested me the Bright Future Independent Film Festival here in my hometown Göteborg and I gladly submitted it: I am so happy my short has been selected! This is its 62nd festival screening!

The festival will take place both online (2-10 October) and in two amazing venues here in Göteborg, the “Världskulturmuseet – The World Culture Museum” on the 8th of October, and the Röhsska Museum on the 10th of October. Not sure if Dignity will make it for the live screenings, but I will let you guys know about the schedule in this case!

“The Wedding Cake” at the Lebanese Independent Film Festival!

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I am so glad to be back to Lebanon! This time The Wedding Cake is going to compete in the marvelous Lebanese Independent Film Festival – LIFF 2021 لمهرجان اللبناني للأفلام المستقلة / Festival Libanais du Cinéma Indépendant! The festival will take place on 25 to 26 September 2021 at Station Beirut – Jisr El Wati.

 

 

“The Wedding Cake” at the 39th edition of the ValdarnoCinema Film Festival!

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WOW! I am sooo thrilled The Wedding Cake  is competing at one of Tuscany’s oldest and most prestigious festivals, the Valdarnocinema, reaching its 39th edition this year! The festival will take place between 6 and 10 October 2021.

“The Wedding Cake” at Corti in Cortile Film Festival!

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I am really thrilled to remain in my beloved Sicily for this very last summer with The Wedding Cake! This time for one of the biggest short film festivals of this region, the Catania Corti in Cortile Short Film Festival!

The festival has a very intense program that stretches from 15 to 19 September 2021.

The Wedding Cake winner of Best Editing Award at NIFF!

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What a blast! The editor of The Wedding Cake, Mikael Moiner, won the prize for “Best Editing Award” at the lovely Noto International Film Festival, Sicily. The statuette is on its way, both Mikael and I will show it with pride as soon as received!

The ceremony can be watched on Facebook at this link, the part that involves us starts at around 8:24, and both Mikael and I are proud about the motivation of the jury (which included stellar film experts, among them Steve Della Casa): “An extraordinary visual and audio montage made of frequent cuts and flash images that gives body and expressive quality to the voiceover story, offering a luminous film version of a desperate life.” The president of the jury, Liotta, also mentioned the high quality and the technical maturity of this work. Nice!

Finalist for Best Director Award at Noto Int. Film Fest – Mario Monicelli Prize!

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It’s been a fruitful and exciting summer again for The Wedding Cake! Now I am finalist for the “Best Director Award” in one of the most beautiful towns in the world: Noto, Sicily. I am competing at the Noto International Film Festival, reaching its fifth edition this year, for the award entitled to the famous Italian comedy director Mario Monicelli. The festival will end on 31 August 2021.

The Trailer of “Gang Dance” is Online!

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I am finally ready with the trailer of “Gang Dance”, please enjoy, although only in a flat version!

I would like to thank everyone who has been involved in this gigantic enterprise, it would not have been possible without you!

My gratitude goes first of all to Mikael Moiner, who did basically everything in terms of cameras and post production, and then Lovisa Charlier, Rebecca Evanne, Jesse Todd Bechard, Gustaf Jönsson, Toby Kassell, Oliver Mahar, Luisa Fanciullacci, Carl Erskine, Berith Stennabb, Cassandra Hedberg, Flemming Borgen-Nielsen, Sara Tirelli, Therese Larsson, Per Larsson, Adriana Rosati, Adriana S. Tiago, and to all the partners and friends involved:
Linholmen Science Park Visual Arena – Gorki Glaser-Müller, Catrine Henriksson, Gunnar Eriksson
Västra Götalands Region / Filmcloud – Martin Hammar, Anna Åkerström, Lotta Eldh
Kultur i Halland – Anna Eriksson
Gothenburg Film Studios – Paul Blomgren DoVan, Ylva Olsson
Film i Väst – Cattrine Fransson, Gus Kaage
Filmkontoret Göteborg – Ulf Sigvardsson, Martina Eriksdotter
Atalante – Niklas Rydén, Hannes Rydén, Tomas Persson Carlberg
and Olof Persson, Catherine McGilvray, Monica Milocco, Per Vihlevi

“The Wedding Cake” at Corto e a Capo – Mario Puzo Prize

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Lovely with a new summer festival for The Wedding Cake! In this case, even more as we are talking about the Corto e a Capo – Premio Mario Puzo  festival, that is featured in many towns and villages in Apennines of southern Italy from 18 to 24 August 2021.

My short is finalist in the category Social Commitment prize and it would be great to get an award!

I Won at the Beirut Women Film Festival!

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I am so surprised, delighted and overwhelmed for having won the award for Best Short Animation with “The Wedding Cake” at the magnificent Beirut International Women Film Festival!

I want to thank the festival organizers, the jury and the audience for this delightful recognition to my little film!

Please party with me!

“The Wedding Cake” at Corti al Castello Show!

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Back to Italy again for a lovely show organized with passion by the directress Clelia Di Briggido in the enchanting medieval town of Moresco (Fermo)!

Corti al Castello will take place 31 July – 2 August and The Wedding Cake is scheduled for the first show on Saturday night, beginning 9:30 pm. It would have been lovely to attend!