Tina

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Tina

original title:

Tina

directed by:

screenplay:

Gaetano Di Gaetano, Paolo Ippedico

cinematography:

set design:

production:

Solaris, Visco Film, with the support of Regione Sicilia

country:

Italy

year:

2026

film run:

13'35"

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/06/2026)

festivals & awards:

  • Taormina Film Fest 2026: Concorso Cortometraggi
  • No Bounds Short film festival 2026: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Paradiso Film Festival 2026: Selezione Ufficiale

The shadow of her husband has returned to suffocate the house. For Tina, there is no escape, no respite—only the ever-present threat of a violent criminal who has once again stolen the air from her lungs.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
Tina is a visual exploration of redemption, exposing the wounds of a conscience forced to reckon with itself. After a lifetime lived in the shadow of evil, Tina is confronted by a terrifying question: has she, too, become a silent cog in the machinery of her husband’s criminal world?
The film inhabits the fragile space between victimhood and passive complicity, immersing Tina’s story in a claustrophobic patriarchal world—repressed, dogmatic, and suffocating. It is a world in which violence does not simply enter the home; it becomes part of its very fabric.