I,LINA - SHORT MOVIE

What does a 14 year old rural girl and her wealthy 15-year-old deaf neighbor have in common? The desire of living a normal adolescence.

I,LINA - SHORT MOVIE
Service:
Short Movie
Industry:
Film
Year:
2024

SHORT MOVIE 13 MIN | DRAMEDY

Puglia, Italy. 1970.
Lina spends her 14th birthday just like every other day, stuck on the farm working and not in education like her more affluent teenage neighbour Clara, who attends a boarding school for the deaf.
Overhearing her older brother wanting to attend a party but needing female accompaniment to get in, Lina shares this knowledge with Clara: this news is the perfect excuse for the two girlfriends to make up a plan and escape their sad reality, for just one night.

DATE OF COMPLETION

2024

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION

ITALY

BUDGET

10K

PRODUCED BY: FINALESTUDIO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AZIONE DRAMATIC ARTS AND CREI- INTERPRETI LIS
CAST: MAGDALENA LAZZARI, AURORA LO MONACO, LUIGI IMOLA, MICHELE CAPUANO, CLIO EVANS, YANKO SPEDICATO, ISMAELE MELE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LUANA FANELLI
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY LILIA CARLONE
1ST AC SCILLA PETITA
2ND AC/CAMERA PA FRANCESCO ROMANO AND SIMONE GAMBELLI
SOUND LEANDRO FERRAIUOLO
GAFFER MATTEO ATTOLINI
BEST BOY LAWRENCE OLUYEDE
CASTING BY CRISTEL CACCETTA & LUANA FANELLI
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR GIORGIA PEZZUTO
PRODUCTION DESIGNER LUANA FANELLI X FINALESTUDIO
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS LUANA FANELLI AND CRISTEL CACCETTA
LOCATION SCOUTING BY LUANA FANELLI
SOUND MIX GIANLUIGI GALLO
COSTUME CONSULTANT ROBERTA TINELLI
MAKE UP BY ANNA COFANO
SET DESIGN BY LILIA CARLONE
COLOR BY ENRICO VALOTI & LILIA CARLONE
EDITED BY LUIGI IMOLA
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BY SARA SANISCALCO
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER ENRICA DE IACO X CREI
DEAF ACTING COACH DEBORAH DONADIO X CREI

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

LOS ANGELES MOVIE AWARDS -BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT MOVIE

ALAMEDA FILM FESTIVAL - OUTSTANDING FIRST TIME FILMMAKER AWARD

FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA EUROPEO - SPECIAL MENTION

PARIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FINALIST

ONIROS FILM AWARDS NEW YORK -FINALIST

NEXT STEP FILM FESTIVAL - FINALIST

MAMMOTH FILM FESTIVAL - NOMINEE

LA INDEPENDENT WOMEN AWARDS - NOMINEE

BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION

UMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION

LOS ANGELES ITALIA FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION

FESTIVAL ENRICO FALCK - OFFICIAL SELECTION

SHORTS ON TAP - OFFICIAL SELECTION

ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL - OFFICIAL SELECTION

DIRECTORS TALENT MOVIE AWARD - OFFICIAL SELECTION

ETHOS FILM AWARDS - OFFICIAL SELECTION

MIX FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI CINEMA LGBTQ+ - OFFICIAL SELECTION