North American Premiere
At the height of the Y2K scare, young Francesco is confronted with some new realities when he attends his friend Enrico’s birthday party at a remote country home.
This short is playing before the feature film Bitten.
Nicola Cannarella, Matthias Tormen, Denis Fasolo, Elia Luciani, Luisa Trigilla
Germany/France/Italy
2023
In Italian with English subtitles
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Credits
Producer
Cecilia Trautvetter, François-Pierre Clavel
Screenwriter
Francesco Sossai
Cinematography
Giulia Schelhas
Editor
Francesco Sossai
Original Music
Non voglio che Clara
Director
Francesco Sossai
Francesco Sossai was born in the Italian Dolomites area. He started filming short films at an early age. He moved to Rome where he graduated in English and German Literatures. He was then admitted at the DFFB – German Television Film Academy in Berlin. His first feature length film “Altri Cannibali” celebrated its world premiere at PÖFF 2021 where it was awarded as „Best First Feature“. The film subsequently had its Italian premiere at the 39th Torino Film Festival and was screened worldwide in numerous other festivals. Francesco is currently working on his second feature „Le città della pianura“, a coproduction between Italy and France. He lives in Veneto, Italy.
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