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Golden Shopping Arcade

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Golden Shopping Arcade

Golden Shopping Arcade

original title:

Golden Shopping Arcade

directed by:

Francesco Ricci Lotteringi

cast:

Marco Sincini, Rosa Diletta Rossi, Nina Torresi, Marco Branciamore, Gianni Lillo, Diego Maiello, Olga Shuldyk

screenplay:

Neri Ricci Lotteringi

production:

Quinta Studio

country:

Italy

year:

2023

film run:

30'

format:

colour

aspect ratio:

1.69:1

status:

Ready (01/05/2023)

festivals & awards:

  • Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2024: Selezione ufficiale
  • Milan Shorts Film Festival 2023: Miglior Corto Italiano
  • Trash Film Festival 2023: Miglior Corto Sci-Fi
  • The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival: Thriller Picture Show 2023: Miglior Corto Sci-fi
  • Greece International Film Festival 2023: Miglior Cortometraggio, Miglior Regia Cortometraggio, Miglior Attore Cortometraggio
  • Festival international du film fantastique de Menton 2023: Miglior Cortometraggio
  • SI-FAN 2023: Menzione d'onore
  • Edo State International Film Festival 2023: Finalista
  • Festival internazionale Segni della notte Urbino 2023
  • DC Independent Film Festival / DCIFF 2024
  • Indianapolis PopCon International Film Festival 2024: Miglior Attore Cortometraggio
  • Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi) 2024: Miglior Attore Cortometraggio
  • Genesis International Film Festival 2024 2024: Miglior Corto Sci-Fi
  • Histeria Festival Internacional de cine de terror, Sci-fi y fantasía en Costa Rica 2024
  • The Galactic Imaginarium Film Festival 2024
  • Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest 2024

Golden Shopping Arcade takes place within a dystopian – yet eerily familiar – setting in which hospital patients are screened for the burden they place on the monolithic Farmax operation, typically refused the health care they require.
The system is airtight and unfeeling, and it is the duty of the bewildered protagonist Carlo to expedite the will of corporation and machine, admitting or rejecting patients based on the assessment of the computer in front of him.
Immune to the inertia of those around him, Carlo pushes back against the establishment, granting hospital passes on humane grounds, much to the dissatisfaction of his unyielding boss.
When Carlo learns of the Golden Shopping Arcade (and its unsanctioned possibilities), he resolves to turn the tables on his unhappy plight once and for all. Working covertly behind the scenes, he begins taking aggressive charge of his life, inviting a more devastating fate than he ever imagined…