Felici Molti
associazione culturale
since 2016
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Cast & Crew
Luigi Mezzanotte as Mistress, Barnabas, K., Bürgel
Irene Gianeselli
screenplay and direction
Giose Brescia
Director of Photography
Sara Porfido
Editor
Godwatt
Music
Cris
(Cristiana Berardini)
Illustrator
Synopsis
K., the land surveyor, the man who measures the World, relives the nightmare and the dream, the obsession of full life and the ambition of a dignified death always denied in the non-linear plot of rules, laws and social obligations. Inspired by Franz Kafka's “Das Schloß” (1926) this adaptation chooses four archetypal characters to show in action: Mistress, Barnabas and Bürgel in addition to the protagonist K. who absorbs and impersonates them by shifting the limit of his identity in an increasingly challenging game. Klamm - who represents the illusion of being able to reach the power - and the beautiful Frieda - who’s the pure and vain love - are only evoked by the passion and frustrated ambitions of the protagonist. Luigi Mezzanotte acts the bewilderment of humanity that faces the World and History. The same humanity is condemned to eternal repetition and to the “eternal return” of its defeat in a mysterious and ancestral space which is seductive and full of promises for an eternal golden and inaccessible summer.
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
K. chases himself, he hovers and he is part of the stones. He nourishes his solitude evoking encounters, clashes and voices. He spies from the lock on the power room and he is excluded from it. Someone else decides for him, for his love, passion, and vocation. All his effort is in the documents. The despair, frustration and at the same time the deep vital exuberance of the character are redeemed, paradoxically, precisely in the condemnation itself: K. is always ready to start all over again, he is waiting for us out of the dream to remake the nightmare and the awakening together.
Irene Gianeselli
AWARDS
NOMINATIONS
Official Selection
Berlin Indie Film Festival
2022
Berlin
Semi-Finalist
Prague International Indie Film Festival 2021
Prague
Official Selection
Toronto International Women Film Festival 2021
Toronto
Best Short Film - Outstanding Achievement
Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
2021
Paris
Official Selection
New York Neorealism Film Awards
2021
Rome
Honoroble Mention
Paris Film Awards 2021
Paris
Finalist
New York International Women Festival
2021
New York
Finalist
Vesuvius International Film Fest
2021
Naples
Honorable Mention
Best Young Director (Irene Gianeselli)
Best Cinematography (Giose Brescia)
GLIFF - Golden Lemur
2021
Lisbon
Finalist
Swedish International Film Festival
2021
Arvika
Winner Best Actor (Luigi Mezzanotte)
Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival
2021
Manfredonia
Official Selection
Ostia International Film Festival
2021
Ostia (Rome)
Winner Best Screenplay (Irene Gianeselli);
Nominee Best Narrative Short
Madrid Film Awards
2021
Madrid
Semi-Finalist
Sydney Indie Short Festival
2021
Sydney
Official Selection
Italy
Semi-Finalist
Vienna Indie Short Festival
2022
Vienna
Semi-Finalist
South Italy International Film Festival
2022
Barletta
Finalist
Europa Film Festival
2022
Barcelona
Semi-finalist
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
2022
Cefalù (Palermo)
Official Selection
Metropolis Film Festival
2022
Milan
Official Selection
Falvaterra Film Festival
2022
Falvaterra (FR)
Official Selection
Marcello Italian Film Festival
2022
Birmingham (UK)