L'articolo SIBLINGS proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

directed by Federico Siano (Italy, 2025) – 82′

Cast: Giulia Piscitelli, Federico Siano, Salvatore Testa, Alberto De Santo, Loredana De Vita, Mario Mauro
Screenplay: Federico Siano, Giulia Piscitelli, Salvatore Testa
Producers: Luca Visingardi, Federico Siano, Giulia Piscitelli, Salvatore Testa
Cinematography: Luca Visingardi
Editing: Luca Visingardi
Music: Gianluigi Capasso, Angelo Bibita, Ugo Ruocco

Aria is the lover of Walter, a young businessman still tied to his wife. When Aria becomes pregnant, Walter proposes a disturbing pact: his loyal handyman Noah will take care of her throughout the pregnancy. But Walter’s plan goes further, exploiting Noah’s hidden attraction to Aria. What begins as a passionate affair slowly turns into a tense psychological game, where desire, manipulation and control blur the boundaries between love and possession.

L'articolo IL PESO DELL’ARIA proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

L'articolo DISCESA LIBERA proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

directed by Giuseppe William Lombardo (Italy, 2025) – 107′

Cast: Fabrizio Ferracane, Fabrizio Falco, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Simona Malato, Daniela Scattolin, Guia Jelo, Filippo Luna
Screenplay: Pietro Seghetti
Producer: Alessandro Regaldo

A young man’s odyssey to erase his pain and nightmares leads him to question his schizophrenia diagnosis. He seeks answers in Sicily, where spirits and curses still evoke fear among locals.

L'articolo THE DARKNESS proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

directed by Jonathan Elia, Tommaso Furgione (Italy, 2025) – 7′

Cast: Federica Pagliaroli, Filippo Librando, Andrea Maestrelli, Laura De Fabrizio, Chiara Mancini, Chiara Adamuccio
Screenplay: Giulio Tallarico, Simona Albanese
Producers: Tommaso Furgione, Ariel Lavi

On a quiet autumn day, a girl shoots a sadistic gang one by one in a violent act of revenge, forcing them to confront the heartbreaking truth of their sins.

L'articolo WHY HER proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

directed by Jonathan Elia (Italy, 2025) – 15′

Cast: Filippo Librando, Riccardo Russo, Matteo De Buono, Giorgia Alessandrelli, Camilla Villoresi, Enrico Bassetti, Sofia Fici, Chiara Adamuccio, Jenny Gallie, Elisa Sciotti, Melissa Massetti

Cinematography: Davide Manca

Young Nicholas, from upper class northern Rome, is consumed by guilt after causing Flaminia’s miscarriage in a car accident. On the verge of suicide, the arrival of his manipulative friend Leonardo brings a shocking revelation.

L'articolo DRON AMOR: ROMA NORD proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

directed by Giorgio Clementelli (Italy, 2025) – 14′

Cast: Giorgio Colangeli, Imma Piro, Silvia Morigi, Leila Clementelli

Cinematography: Gianluca Mastronardi
Music: Fabio Frizzi
Production Design: Fabrizio Buzzini
Costumes: Giorgia Giannini

2049. Candido is 84 years old and has been married to Serena, the love of his life, for 50 years. Although he feels like an “analog” man, Candido no longer has the strength to fight against new technological tools and reluctantly adapts to them.

L'articolo CANDIDO proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

L'articolo ROAD OF DREAMS proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

Directed by Andrea Belcastro (Italy, 2025) 20′

Cast: Saverio La Ruina, Francesca Alati
Screenplay: Giulia Rossi, Andrea Belcastro
Producer: Francesco Aiello

A once-famous comedian, now surviving on the faded memory of his long-lost glory, scrapes by by offering a final laugh to the dying elderly. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Leda, a troubled young girl with a death wish, who invites him onto a rooftop overlooking the void to throw down a challenge.

L'articolo THE COMEDIAN proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.

Directed by Paolo Verardi (Italy, 2025) 12′

Cast: Juxhin Plovishti, Loredana Gjeci
Screenplay: Paolo Verardi, Fabio Sieni, Luana Giacovelli
Producer: Ivan D’Ambrosio

1997, Albania. The civil war has begun. A small community gets organized in order to join their relatives in Italy. And so does Arthur, a young musician, with the aim of reuniting with his mom. Once he gets in Bari (city in the south-east of Italy), goes to find the Italian family that takes care of his mother. Meanwhile Luisa fights back the cancer, Arthur dreams of taking the Italian citizenship. Arthur wakes up in hospital bed a few years later. His mom’s condition has worsen and her last wish is to see one last time her home-country. Arthur has one last challenge: get through the sea towards the opposite direction.

L'articolo MARE CONTRO proviene da Los Angeles Film Festival.