H5N1

H5N1

original title:

H5N1

directed by:

cast:

Eros Galbiati, Rocco Capri Chiumarulo, Francesca Di Bari, Christian Sagittario

screenplay:

cinematography:

country:

Italy

year:

2008

film run:

23'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (22/07/2008)

festivals & awards:

  • Flickers - Rhode Island International Film Festival 2008: Shorts (Hip Hot & Short)
  • WEST HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: In Competiton
  • STRASBOURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: In Competition
  • PHILADELPHIA FIRST GLANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: In Competition

The distant cry of a little girl sends Alfio, a middle-aged farmer, and his twenty-year old son Tommy rushing into the garden. Barely visible among the golden leaves of corn, they find Tommy’s pretty little sister Giulia shaking with fear. The child is convinced she has seen a tall monster covered in a white sheet, but her father believes she is just imagining it and that she has simply seen the wild dogs that have been terrorising their own dog, Charlie. That night Alfio is woken by Giulia, who has been frightened by the appearance of the same disturbing creature, this time on the TV screen.