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Io sono Matteo

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Io sono Matteo

original title:

Io sono Matteo

directed by:

Loris Di Pasquale

cast:

Matteo Nicoletta, Daphne Scoccia, Alessia Bellotto, Ciro Scalera, Emanuela Damasio, Pietro Bontempo, Giorgia Ferrero, Loris Di Pasquale, Anna Maria Teresa Ricci, Luigi Felicini, Elisabetta De Vito

screenplay:

Loris Di Pasquale, Alessia Bellotto

cinematography:

Sara Purgatorio

editing:

Valentina Grossi, Valentina Grossi

set design:

Lorenzo Burinolo

costume design:

Agatha Tami

production:

BeDi Produzioni, AITT (Associazione Italiana Tumore al Testicolo), Fondazione la Clessidra, AIGG (Italian Germ Cancer Group)

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

20'

format:

DCP - colour

aspect ratio:

2.39:1

status:

Ready (15/01/2021)

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles - Italia 2022: Italian Panorama
  • Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021
  • Lo Spiraglio Film Festival 2021
  • Festival del Cinema Patologico 2021: Best Actress
  • Lunigiana Film Festival 2021
  • Social World International Film Festival 2021
  • Not Film Fest 2021
  • Ciak Film Festival 2021
  • Sedicorto International Film Festival 2021: Best Short – Cortitalia
  • Torino Underground Cinefest 2021
  • Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2021
  • Short Shot Fest 2021
  • Noto International Film Festival 2021
  • Hexagon Film Festival 2021: Special Mention
  • Crossroads International Short Film Festival 2021
  • Short To The Point 2021
  • Europe Film Festival 2021: Best Comedy
  • WICA - World Independent Cinema Awards NY 2021: Best Idea
  • Lift-Off Global 2021
  • Heart Of European Film Festival 2021: Best Comedy
  • International Moving Film Festival 2021
  • Bratislava Film Awards 2021
  • MalatestaShort Film Festival 2021
  • Rome Independent Film Awards - Riff Awards 2021
  • Catania Film est 2021
  • ASFF As Film Festival 2021
  • Asti Film Festival 2021
  • Salus Cine Fest 2021
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards 2021
  • The Paus Premieres Festival 2021
  • RENUAC international Film Festival 2021
  • Willlachen Comedy & Satire Filmprize the golden cellar rattle 2021: Special mention
  • Halicarnassus Film Festival 2021: Best Comedy
  • Positively Different Short Film Festival 2022
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022
  • ABQ Indie Film Festival 2022: Best Comedy
  • Festival RNAB 2022
  • Cannes Film Awards 2022: Best Comedy
  • Kino Bled 2022
  • Italian Comedy Festival 2022
  • UANM che corto! 2022: Special events
  • Bardolino Film Festival 2022: Special events (Daphne Scoccia)
  • Brno Film Awards 2022: Best Comedy
  • Budapest Film Awards 2022: Best Comedy
  • Night of Comedy Short 2022: Best Italian film
  • Budapest International Film Festival 2023: Best Comedy

Matteo is a promising precarious director. Suddenly he is forced to deal with the evil of the century: cancer.