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Distress call

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Distress call

original title:

Distress call

directed by:

Michele D'Anca

cast:

Michele D'Anca, Nina Pons

screenplay:

Michele D'Anca

cinematography:

Claudio Zamarion

editing:

Francesca Addonizio

producer:

Filippo Montalto, Francesco Montalto, Gianni Russo, Gabriele Costa, Francesca Dionisi, Luciano Vittori

production:

Andromeda Film, Piano B Produzioni, Backlight Cinema Factory

distribution:

Piano B Distribuzioni [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2024

film run:

20'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (07/05/2024)

festivals & awards:

  • Tirana International Film Festival 2024: Panorama Competition
  • Vision Film Festival 2025
  • Colonnella Film Festival 2025
  • Asti International Film Festival 2024
  • Capri Hollywood 2024
  • Accordi@Disaccordi 2024
  • Punto di Vista Film Festival 2024
  • Corti d'Autore 2024
  • Fano International Film Festival 2024
  • Mediterraneo Festival Corto 2025: Finalista
  • Balkan Cinefest -Tirana Artscape category 2025: Menzione d’Onore
  • Ischia Global Film Festival 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Outdoor Film Festival 2025: Semi-finalista
  • A.S.T.O. International Short Film Festival 2025: Premio del Pubblico
  • Premio Carpine Visciano 2025: Miglior Attore Protagonista
  • Briganti Film Festival 2025: Menzione Speciale
  • South Italy International Short Film 2025: Miglior Attore italiano
  • Cine Migrare, 2025 Premio del Pubblico
  • AIFF Ariano International Film Festival 2025: Finalitsta
  • Videocorto Nettuno 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Apollo Film Festival 2025 Premio Direzione Artistico, Premio Miglior Attrice
  • Festa del Cinema di Mare 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Corti di Mare Festival 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Roma Film Corto 2025: Finalista CIFF Caorle Independent Film Festival 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Film Festival Senior Movie 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • ITFF International Tour Film Festival Civitavecchia 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Migration in Transit 2025 Finalista
  • Ferrara Film Festival 2025: Finalista Basilicata International Film Festival 2025: Finalista
  • PIFF Pinerolo Film Festival 2025: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Piceno Cinema Festival 2025: Selezione Ufficiale

A male and a female Italian operator working for Watch The Med Alarm Phone receive an emergency phone call from the central Mediterranean Sea. For about eleven minutes the operators remain in contact with a man in danger and struggle to save the lives of one hundred migrants sinking on a rubber boat. The situation on board gets worse: the migrants fall into the water, the boat sinks and the communication is interrupted. The destiny of the people on board remains a mystery. Maybe a ship will arrive to save them, maybe someone will die, maybe everyone will die.