Rita

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 20, 21:00 and Monday, June 21, 19:00 (BITTER)

rita

Country of Origin / Land: Italy / Italien
Year of Production / Jahr: 2009
Duration / Länge: 19’00“
Category / Kategorie: Fiction

Director / Regie: Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
Cinematographer / Kamera: Olaf Hirschberg
Editor / Schnitt: Desideria Rayner
Producer / Produktion: Massimo Cristaldi
Cast / Darsteller: Marta Palermo, Marco Maria Correnti, Diana Sergio

Synopsis: Rita, 10 years old and blind since birth, lives close to Palermo. The claustrophobic world of her home is broken through by a boy on the run, wounded, terrified. Thanks to her new friend, Rita escapes and goes to the beach, where she lives a brief moment of freedom which ends when the boy disappears.
Inhalt: Rita, 10 Jahre alt und blind seit der Geburt, lebt in der Nähe von Palermo. Ihre klaustrophobische Welt wird von einem flüchtenden, verwundeten Jungen durchbrochen. Dank ihres neuen Freundes flieht Rita zum Strand und lebt einen Moment der Freiheit, der mit dem Verschwinden des Jungen endet.

Festivals & Awards: Bratislava International Film Festival Slovakia 2009 (Best Short Film), Rotterdam Film Festival Netherlands 2010, Festival D’Angers Premiers Plans France 2010 (Prix Arte), Tampere Film Festival Finland 2010 (Diploma of Merit), Ankara Inernational Film Festival Turkey 2010, The International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2010 (Best Short Film), The Cape Winelands Film Festival South Africa 2010, Aspen Shorts Festival USA 2010 (Award for Directing), Athens International Film and Video Festival Greece 2010, Busan International Short Film Festival South Korea 2010, Cannes Film Festival France 2010, Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival Spain 2010, Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2010, Vineyard Film Festival Cyprus 2010, Golden Boll Film Festival Turkey 2010

Weblink: www.shortfilmcentral.com/film/2597