Le prime volte (Short)

original title:

Le prime volte

directed by:

Giulia Cosentino, Perla Sardella

cast:

Emma Beonio Brocchieri, Sveva Romana Candelletta

screenplay:

Giulia Cosentino, Perla Sardella

editing:

Ainhoa Andraka, Davide Minotti, Perla Sardella

music:

Sapore

producer:

Margot Mecca, Matteo Tortone, Ainhoa Andraka, Zuri Goikoetxea

production:

Malfè Film, Doxa Producciones, supported by Ministero della Cultura

country:

Italy/Spain

year:

2025

film run:

16'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (23/09/2025)

festivals & awards:

Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2025: International Competition
Visions du Reel 2025: Compétition Internationale Moyens et Courts Métrages
Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film 2025: Official selection
Archivio Aperto 2025: Concorso
Love & Hope international Film Festival 2025: Short Film
MiX Festival Internazionale di Cinema LGBTQ+ e Cultura Queer 2025: Mini MiX - Short & Proud
Concorto Film Festival 2025: Focus Mnemosyne
Edera Film Festival 2025: Concorso Documentari
ShorTS International Film Festival - Maremetraggio 2025: Italia in Shorts
Toko Film Festival 2025: Spazio Italia
Filming Italy Sardegna Festival 2025: Women in Film, Television & Media Italia
Garda Cinema 2025: Concorso documentari
ISREAL 2025: Concorso Internazionale
Sicilia QUEER Film Fest - Festival Internazionale di Cinema GLBT e Nuove Visioni 2025: Extra
SXSW London 2025: Documentary
Bellaria Film Festival 2025: Concorso Gabbiano
Free Aquila Festival 2025: Concorso
UnArchive - Found Footage Fest 2025: Panorami Italiani

Emilia and Caterina write letters to each other revisiting their adolescent memories and earliest experiences at a boarding school in the 1950s. Did they choose the lives they truly wanted, or only those that they dared to imagine?

Le prime volte (Short)

by Giulia Cosentino, Perla Sardella