The second edition of "The shorts in the shortest country" is scheduled for 15 and 20 July in Baradili , a review of arthouse documentaries conceived by Marcello Atzeni, who is also the artistic director.
Organized by the "Terras Onlus" Association, the festival returns to the smallest town in Sardinia also thanks to the funding of the municipal administration led by the mayor Maria Anna Camedda.
Twelve films in this edition, six on 15 July and the same number on 20. Screenings in Piazza Santa Margherita, at 8 pm with free admission .
«This year we will bring five female directors to Baradili with as many of their works - explains Atzeni - five out of twelve, which means that gender equality is close. I find it beautiful. Finally out in the open also women, numerous, behind the camera . So not only actresses, screenwriters, screenwriters, hairdressers and costume designers, all roles of the highest level, but also directors and this is the so-called extra leap».
THE PROGRAM – On July 15 , after the greetings of the mayor and those of Marcello Atzeni, off to the screening of "The dinner of souls" by Ignazio Figus. Following "Faulas", a beautiful story by Michela Anedda, a young director with origins in Villacidro. Then "Bella di notte", a short film by Paolo Zucca, one of the greatest Sardinian directors. Just an indication: the narrative voice is by Stefano Accorsi. This will be followed by "The Hedgehog Tree", a four-handed work by Chiara Sulis and Juan Carlos Concha. The stories of Antonio Gramsci, a native of Marmilla, told in a delightful way. Salvatore Mereu with "Life now", with his busy short, which will provide many food for thought. It will close "A flamingo called tango", by Antonella Arca from Lussurgese. Speaking with the directors Ignazio Figus, Michela Anedda, Paolo Zucca, Salvatore Mereu and Antonella Arca will be Antioco Floris, professor of cinema at the University of Cagliari, as well as the artistic director Marcello Atzeni himself.
The evening of 20 July opens with "The external gaze" by Peter Marcias. "Memories in motion" by Simone Paderi, Denise Maria Paulis and Niccolò Sirigu reconstructs the four centuries of the University of Cagliari. "Here I am" (Flamingos) is the debut work of Sergio Falchi, a brilliant director from Nuoro. “Jambitè”, a beautiful story told by Alessandra Usai. Here you are no longer in Sardinia but in Ireland. “Binary dead” by Antonio Maciocco from Sassari, a particularly fabulous story. It closes with "The Child" by Silvia Perra: the young director talks about the Muslim world in Italy.
Speaking with the directors Peter Marcias, Simone Paderi, Alessandra Usai, Sergio Falchi and Antonio Maciocco will be Antonello Zanda, director of the Cineteca sarda-Umanitaria, as well as Marcello Atzeni.
(Unioneonline/vl)