Clermont-Ferrand 2023
CLERMONT-FERRAND
SHORT FILM MARKET 2023
Catalogue of short films in distribution presented at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market in France, 2023 edition.
Alpha Film
THE STOLEN EMBRACE
( L’abraccio rubato )
Italy, 2024 / 10′
a film by
Simone Gazzola
Febe, a new-mom artist, is stuck at home, disconnected from reality.
Not even the phone call of her husband and the crying coming from the cradle seem to wake her up.
MORNING BEGINS AT NIGHT
Iran – Canada – Turkey, 2023 / 26′
a film by
Mohamad Kamal Alavi
Neda is preparing for an artistic performance related to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. Her father has an important job interview in the government office. The success of that interview depends on Neda’s behavior.
THE TURTLE
Iran – UAE, 2023 / 15′
a film by
Fatemeh Fereydoun
In the middle of the protests in Tehran, Saba is going to leave Iran to reach his mother abroad. The relationship between Saba and a girl makes everything complicated.
STAY
Italy 2024 / 10′
a film by
Luca Canali
Just graduated, Laura works as an usher in her mother’s theatre. The razor blade is her only companion. As she faces her dreaded control round; she discovers that she is not as alone as she thought.
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF KORE
Italy 2023 / 20′
a film by
Maria Antonietta Mariani
Gaia, Nina, Teresa and Virginia are artists of the cultural scene of Rome. Signs, objects and relationships animate the creative process and the works. The interweaving of emotions and experiences of the protagonists returns a story poised between realism and magical thinking.
WAITING HERE
Italy 2023 / 12′
a film by
Gabriele Brundu
An event disrupts the life of Andrea, a 9-year-old boy, forcing him to put a strain on his childhood. With the help of his parents, young Andrea moves lightly in the world of adults to restore broken balances.
SHE WAS A STAR
Iran 2023 / 15′
a film by
Neshat Shabani
An old woman lives in a nursing home, she used to be a famous singer and now she has Alzheimer. This woman has forgotten that she was a star one day, and she suffers every time by recalling past memories. The nurse who take care of her finds similarities between her own life and this woman.
THE RECURRENCE
Italy 2024 / 12′
a film by
Angelo Giordano
In a small town in the south of Italy, the new mayor has canceled an ancient recurrence. Tommaso, a bizarre man worried by the disastrous consequences that this decision could bring, tries to change his mind.
BIRTHMARKED
Iran 2024 / 18′
a film by
Mehrshad Golkarian
Fatemeh, a 14-year-old girl with a birthmark on her left breast, is being forced by her father to marry a suitor at such young age. Being dissatisfied with this, she orchestrates a daring action to prevent this early marriage.
SOUL
Italy 2024 / 20′
a film by
Andrea Baglio
1945. Three Italians are running away from a handful of Yugoslav militiamen seeking revenge for the oppression they suffered during the Fascist period. Alma, a girl of nowadays, sees her present intertwined with the painful past of the protagonists.
Sky(pe)
Italy 2024 / 7′
a film by
Riccardo Menicatti, Bruno Ugioli
From heaven, a father manages to video-call his son.
