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Bubbles

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Bubbles

original title:

Bubbles

directed by:

Meri Dishnica

cast:

Valeria Zazzaretta, Barnaba Bonafaccia, Margarita Xhepa

screenplay:

Meri Dishnica

cinematography:

Giorgio Fracassi

editing:

Gianluca Cristofari

set design:

Elisa Botta

costume design:

Francesca Di Giuliano

music:

Alessandro De Rosa

producer:

Gianni Russo, Gabriele Costa, Filippo Montalto

production:

Piano B Produzioni, Andromeda Film

distribution:

Premiere Film [Italy]

world sales:

Piano B Produzioni [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2023

film run:

15'32"

format:

colour

status:

Ready (07/09/2023)

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles - Italia 2024: Panorama
  • Ponza Film Award 2023: Best Short
  • Fotofilm International Short Film 2023: Best First Drama Short
  • Roma Prisma film award 2023
  • Athens International Film & Art Festival 2023: Best Female Director
  • Madrid Short Film Festival 2023: Best First Time Director
  • Short Shot Fest 2023
  • Reaktor International Film festival 2023
  • Toronto International Film Women Festival
  • International Sound & Film Music Festival 2023
  • Yerevan Short film festival 2023
  • Agropoli International Film Festival 2023
  • Brussels Capital Film Festival 2023: Best First Direction
  • Budapest Short Cut Film Festival 2023: Best Short Drama
  • Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival 2023
  • Cittador International Film Festival 2023: Best Short Drama
  • Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno Independent Shorts Awards LA 2023: Best Female Director
  • International Sound & Film Music Festival (ISFMF) 2023
  • Majorca Atlanteans 2023: Best First Direction
  • Milan ShortFilm Festival 2023: Best Original Score
  • Monza Film Fest 2023: Best Italian Film
  • Prague International Film Awards 2023: Best First Direction
  • Reale Film Festival 2023: Best Film

A forty-year-old woman named SOL, floats in a long-distance relationship bubble, along with her longtime boyfriend FRED. She starts the day waiting for the wake-up call to accurately perform her morning ritual— which seems to be a video call with Fred. He is so far away that the sunrise at Sol's window marks the sunset at his'. They both look weary and on the verge of frustration as they wait to see each other at Christmas— so the story goes, and for some bizarre reason, their meeting never occurs.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
BUBBLES It's a spur to cogitate over the concept of wait, loneliness, and inability to leave people or places that keep us in a state of floating without ever going somewhere.