An exercise in brevity is a challenge of telling the essential. In the choice of a few lines, details, shots lays the awareness of knowing how to give up the superfluous, but for the Laceno d’Oro, the short film is also a snapshot of distant worlds. Whether they are territories and urban areas, metropolises and deserts, it makes no difference. Because it is only by giving up any material possession, as Francesco Rosi warned, that vision can be left free, guaranteeing any point of view.
And let there be only the eyes watching and flying over the cities.
Here are the titles of the films in competition for “Gli occhi sulla città” Laceno d’Oro 48“:
– Z.O. (14’) by Loris G. Nese – ITA/ 2023
– AQUERONTE (26’) by Manuel Muñoz Rivas – SPA/ 2023
– SOLO LA LUNA COMPRENDERA’ (18’) by Kim Torres – CRI-USA/ 2023
– A TORTOISE’S YEAR OF FATE (20’) by Yi Xiong – CHN/ 2023
– HAZY EARTH (14’) by Anastasija Pirozenko, Femke Janssen – NL/ 2023
– DIELLI (20’) by Dritero Mehmetaj – RKS/ 2023
– A BIRD CALLED MEMORY (15’) by Leonardo Martinelli – BRA/ 2023
– MIRAGE (11’) by Yash Sawant – IND/ 2023
– CINEMA FOR THE DEAD (14’) by Bruno Moreno, Renato Sircilli – BRA/ 2023
– THE WAITING (15’) by Volker Schlecht – DE/ 2023
– ULTIMO IMPERO (20’) by Danilo Monte – ITA/ 2023
– NEIGHBOUR ABDI (28’) by Douwe Dijkstra – NL/ 2023
– NOTHING HOLIER THAN A DOLPHIN (17’) by Isabella Margara – GRE/ 2022
– ARE YOU A MAN (15’) by Gjorce Stavreski – NMK – SRB/ 2023
– WAIT TWO DAYS (15’) by Jaro Minne – RO/ 2023
– COME SCINTILLE NEL BUIO (29’) by Daniele Gaglianone – ITA/ 2023
– HEITOR SEM NOME (29’) by Vasco Saltão – PT/ 2023
– IMPRESSIO IN URBE – SIRACUSA (18’) by Giuseppe Spina, Giulia Mazzone – ITA/ 2023
– I PROMISE YOU PARADISE (25’) by Morad Mostafa – EGY/ 2023
– QUASI PERFETTO (10’) by Federico Frefel – ITA- CH/ 2023
– CYPRESS SLEEP (14’) by Leila Norouzi & Eren Uğur – TUR/ 2023
– QUESTA DISPERAZIONE DI PIERO (3’) by Mattia Biondi – ITA/ 2023
– WUNDERMEDITERRANEANKAMMER (23’) by Carlo Michele Schirinzi – ITA/ 2023
– LAS MEMORIAS PERDIDAS DE LOS ÁRBOLES (20’) by Antonio La Camera – ITA-SPA/ 2023
– THE SECRET GARDEN (27’) by Nour Ouayda – LB/ 2023
