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 49
– Quebrante (23’) by Janaina Wagner – Brazil
– Avant Seriana (19’) by Samy Benammar – Algeria, Canada
– O Silêncio Elementar (15’) by Mariana de Melo – Brazil
– Golden Dragon (17’) by Boren Chhith – Cambodia
– The Nature of Dogs (27’) by Pom Bunsermvich – Thailand, Usa, Hong Kong, Singapore
– 3MWh (12’) by Marie-Magdalena Kochová – Czech Republic
– Attack on Monegasque (11’) by Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Henrique Amud – Brazil
– How We Got Mother Back (28’) by Gonçalo Waddington – Portugal
– Quando a Terra Foge (29’) by Frederico Lobo – Portugal, Spain
– Figli di Nessuno (8’) di L’Ambulante – Italy
– Guarda Vieja 3458 timbre 3/6 (12’) by Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes – Portugal
– 6000 mensonges (5’) by Simon Reith – France
– The Banished One (21’) by Moso Sematlane – Lesotho
– Cronos (17’) by Nikita Parchutov – Russia
– Street Light (15’) by Romain Dumont – France
– Todos los barrios posibles (9’) by Matteo Giampetruzzi – Spain
– Cianuro (30’) by Eleonora Mastropietro – Italy
– Entry #2 – All that could have been (13’) by Francesco Zucchetti – Italy
– The Rootless (12’) by August Joensalo – Finland
– Solar Book (9’) by Azar Saiyar – Finland
– Acqua Granda (8’) by Irene Dorigotti – Italy
– Il mio nome è Nessuno, di Giovanni Cioni – Italia