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Shooting watermelons

original title:

Shooting watermelons

italian title:

Sparare alle angurie

directed by:

Antonio Donato

cast:

Luigi Di Fiore, Luca Lacerenza, Sebastian Balzarolo, Alessandra Sarno

screenplay:

Antonio Donato, Paolo Carbone

cinematography:

Sahil Kotwani

editing:

Iacopo Calabrese, Antonio Donato

set design:

Anastasiya Mykhaylova

costume design:

Giulia Vismara

music:

Tristan Clarke

producer:

Patrick James Verlin, Lorenzo Maria Chierici, Anita Contini, Claudia Emily Pau

production:

Courageous Donuts, Via 73 Films, Eclettica, London Film School, Hyperion, with the support of Sardegna Film Commission Foundation

distribution:

Lights on [Italy]

world sales:

Lights On [Italy]

country:

UK/Italy

year:

2023

film run:

20'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/01/2023)

festivals & awards:

  • Sarajevo Film Festival 2025: Passagi d'Autore Presents
  • BUFF 2024: Short Film Competition
  • Prague Short Film Festival 2024: International Competition
  • El Gouna Film Festival 2023: Short Films Competition
  • Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival 2023: Internationaler Wettbewerb
  • CortoCircuito Film Festival 2025: Best Of Rassegna
  • Deluxe Film Festival 2025: Concorso
  • Festival International du Court-Métrage des Ecoles de Cinéma - Rencontres Henri Langlois 2024: Jump In
  • International Young Audiencje Film Festival Ale Kino! 2024: Competition Short Films
  • Passaggi d'Autore - Intrecci Mediterranei 2024: Intrecci Mediterranei
  • Corto Condorello 2024: Fuori Concorso
  • Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce 2024: Concorso Premio Emidio Greco
  • Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest 2024: Compétition Européenne - Grand Prix
  • Filmfest Dusseldorf 2024: Competition
  • MedFilm Festival 2024: Perle Cortometraggi
  • SorsiCorti 2024: Concorso Cortometraggi
  • Rassegna CortoCircuito 2024: Concorso
  • International Film Festival Schlingel 2024: Kurzfilm
  • Concorto Film Festival 2024: Concorso Cortometraggi - Premio L'Onda
  • Edera Film Festival 2024: Cortometraggi
  • Lucania Film Festival 2024: Concorso Spazio Italia - Menzione Speciale
  • Toko Film Festival 2024: New Talents - Migliore Interpretazione Contest New Talents (Luca Lacerenza)
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca 2024: Concurso Internacional de Cortometrajes
  • Figari Film Fest - Olbia Film Network 2024: Cortometraggi Regionali - Miglior Cortometraggio Regionale
  • Premio Rai cinema Channel
  • Mecal - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona 2024: Especial Actualidad Sardeña
  • Dorico International Film Fest 2023: Corto Slam
  • Festival International du Court-Métrage des Ecoles de Cinéma - Rencontres Henri Langlois 2023: Short Films
  • Leuven Kort International Short Film Festival 2023: Europese Competitie
  • Poitiers Film Festival 2023: Selection Internationale Courtmetrages
  • KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth 2023: Internationaler Wettbewrb Knocked Off Track

Federico is on holiday with his father and brother in a summer residence in Sardinia. Their father, Aurelio, is a severe and overtly masculine man who makes Federico feel anxious and inadequate. When a wealthy German family invites them to dinner, Federico discovers he is not so different from his father.