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Playtime (Giochi)

original title:

Giochi

directed by:

Simone Bozzelli

cast:

Luka Zunic, Marzia Barbarossa, Andrea Montini, Francesco Palmieri

screenplay:

Tommaso Favagrossa, Simone Bozzelli

cinematography:

Callum Begley

editing:

Christian Marsiglia

set design:

Alessia Duranti

costume design:

Giuseppe Amadio

production:

CSC - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

distribution:

OutTv Media [Albania], OutTv Media [Austria], Pro-Fun Media [Austria], OutTv Media [Belgium], Abc - Cinemien [Belgium], OutTv Media [Bulgaria], Breaking Glass Pictures [Canada], OutTv Media [Croatia], OutTv Media [Czech Republic], OutTv Media [Denmark], OutTv Media [Estonia], OutTv Media [Finland], Optimale [France], OutTv Media [Germany], Pro-Fun Media [Germany], OutTv Media [Hungary], OutTv Media [Israel], OutTv Media [Latvia], Pro-Fun Media [Liechtenstein], OutTv Media [Lithuania], OutTv Media [Luxembourg], Pro-Fun Media [Luxembourg], OutTv Media [Netherlands], Abc - Cinemien [Netherlands], OutTv Media [Norway], OutTv Media [Poland], OutTv Media [Portugal], OutTv Media [Romania], OutTv Media [Slovakia], OutTv Media [Slovenia], OutTv Media [Spain], OutTv Media [Sweden], OutTv Media [Switzerland], Pro-Fun Media [Switzerland], Breaking Glass Pictures [United States]

world sales:

The Open Reel [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

19'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (28/06/2021)

festivals & awards:

  • AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival 2021: Short Film Competition
  • Locarno Film Festival 2021: Pardi di Domani
  • TFF - Torino Film Festival 2021: Italiana.corti - Best Film
  • Poitiers International Film Festival 2021: Competition
  • Chéries-Chéris Paris 2021: Competition
  • - Jury Prize
  • Mezipatra Queer Film Festival 2021: Competition
  • Zagreb International Film Festival 2021
  • L’Aquila Film Festival 2021: Abruzzo Showcase
  • Courts d’écoles Angouleme 2022
  • Effetto Notte 2022
  • Visoni Italiane Bologna 2022: Competition
  • Sulmona International Film Festival 2022: Out of Competition
  • MedFilm Festival Rome 2022: It’s Art
  • Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote 2023: Official SectionLocarno Shorts Week 2023
  • Festival du Film de Contis 2023 – European Short Competition
  • Teatri di Vita 2023
  • Incinerante Youth Film Fetival 2023
  • Cinema Troisi Rome 2023: Short Film Retrospective Simone Bozzelli

A mother wants to play with her son who won’t speak to her. A boy wants to find out what his friend is giving to a girl who is more slender than him. A cat has disappeared. But these are only games.