VENICE FILM WEEK AND VERONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMBINE FORCES

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VENICE FILM WEEK AND VERONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMBINE FORCES
August 21st, 2016
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VENICE FILM WEEK AND VERONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMBINE FORCES
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VENICE, IT– August 21, 2016 – Verona International Film Festival and Venice Film Week announced the winners of its competition categories. Top awards went to Like A Cast Shadow, Figurine, Free and Yximalloo. The award winning films of both festivals will be
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Selected from more than 2.000 submissions, this year’s Festival includes 60 features, 119 short films, 68 experimental films, and 16 LGBT films from 28 countries. This year’s award winning films include 1 world premiere, 3 international premieres, 5 European premieres, 7 Italian premieres and 3 Venice premieres.
TWO FESTIVALS, TWO VISIONS, ONE LOCATION
Two very different film festivals in their respective fields combine forces and dates while retaining their distinct and target audiences.
The move will create one distinctive audience festival with a focus on quality, diversity and dialogue.
VERONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
A film festival focussing on the complexity of human relationships set in Shakespeare’s city of love Verona, Italy. Does it get any better than this?
The Verona International Film Festival presents films which revolve around relationships in their different forms whether spiritual, physical, interpersonal, familial, and humanitarian and
can even touch upon relationships between nations and political parties. Films can tackle the complexity, ever-changing dynamics, adversity, and multi-faceted aspects pertaining to these different types of relationships.
VENICE FILM WEEK
The Venice Film Week is an annual event showcasing independent films with an edge.The VFW focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, the minimalistic and the true artists of our time.
The winners and awards are as follows:
VIFF BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM AWARD (Italian premiere)
Like A Cast Shadow (Germany) by Michael Krummenacher
Sibylle, a pragmatic architect, mother and wife, witnesses a fatal accident of a woman her age while on vacation in Italy. Devastated by this, the perception of her life and her family starts to change. Something inside of her has been set in motion that seems to endanger everything which she has defined herself by…
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM AWARD (Italian premiere)
Figurine (Canada) by Hans Olson
Karin leads a quiet life working at a truck wash and ushering part-time at the hockey arena. Her solitary routine is broken when she meets James, a truck driver seeking work closer to his children. As autumn approaches winter, Karin opens herself to the possibility of romance. Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
VIFF BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM AWARD (Italian premiere) Yximalloo (Ireland) by Tadhg O’Sullivan and Feargal Ward
In a quiet Dublin suburb, in a strange and cluttered house, silence and uncertainty reign. Amongst the countless cassettes, records, posters and mementoes of a career on the margins of marginal music, Yximalloo considers his future. Across the smoke-filled room, his partner passes another day at his ancient computer, glancing habitually at the CCTV monitors, pausing to talk to the cat. Yximalloo is uncertain. He cannot sleep. He misses Japan. He has nothing to do. Dressed in green lycra leggings, glove puppets on his hands, he sets out once more to win over a tiny Dublin audience… Yximalloo is a unique portrait of unique and difficult man, his inability and unwillingness to fit in and the countless conflicts that threaten to tear him apart.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM AWARD (Italian premiere)
Free (Croatia) by Tomislav Zaja
Free follows the path to freedom of a group of people with intellectual disabilities that are locked away in Croatian institutions. The only things that Ivan, Enes, Tina, Kruno, Mirko, Tomo have in common is that they are outcasts of society and they dream of freedom: we see them institutionalised and we watch what it’ s like to be isolated, deprived of privacy and of one’s rights to make decisions regarding their own life. One day they are informed that they will be released. After decades spent in institutions, a new beginning awaits them: Ivan has always wanted to be a police officer, Enes buys a video camera and starts to document his everyday life, Tina and Kruno want to get married, Mirko and Tomo dream of becoming football coaches at their favourite local club, Silvia starts singing in the church choir,

Andjelko is trying to find a girl and a job… The camera observes them, capturing their perspective on the biggest change of their lives while they try to fulfil their long-postponed dreams. It is a good opportunity for all of us, those who never had anything to do with these institutions, to start reflecting on our own lives, our freedoms, and the things we take for granted in our societies.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
VIFF BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM AWARD (international premiere)
Girl – Chapter 1 & 2 (Denmark) by Mie Skjoldemose
GIRL – Chapter 1 & 2 is a coming of age shortfilm, that shows two ages of girl’s adolence life. The shortfilm is a visuel and sonic experience with elements from the musicvideo-genre. Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM AWARD (Venice premiere)
Little Block of Cement with Dishevelled Hair Containing the Sea (Spain) by Jorge Lopez Navarrete
A dog and a mare embark upon a voyage together. With every step they take, the differences between them become inevitably clearer, and yet the profound mutual knowledge they develop over time shows the potential to suddenly produce a luminous moment between the two. Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
VIFF BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD (European premiere)
The Red Witch (United States) by Aron Bothman
A geologist on Mars fights alone to uncover the planet’s secrets before the green of terraforming covers it forever.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD (European premiere)
Schirkoa (India) by Ishan Shukla
In the city of bag-heads, a senate member faces a tough choice between political career, brothels and love for a mysterious woman. A choice that will transform his life and the city in unimaginable ways.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
VIFF BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM AWARD (international premiere) An Italian Marriage (United Kingdom) by Mia Frigieri-Baldwin
An exploration of love, marriage and compatibility between two people who have shared a greater part of their adult lives together. This is the Italian Marriage.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM AWARD (European premiere)
Sea With No Name (Finland) by Emilia Linnakoski
Desert. Sand blowing in eyes, back bent down, limps heavy of waiting. Wallpapers reflecting the light beams from cars outside on the streets. Hands reaching warmth under the blanket or resting on thermostat. When rejection and abandoning has beaten you repeatedly they sculpt themselves in human memory, all the way through your body. Landscape in Tuula`s eyes is silent, days resemble one another, then suddenly a song blossoms in this desert, like a flower waking up at night. In that song she reveals herself to us. What kind of a prison has she built with only one feel – fear of abandoning?
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice

VIFF BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD (international premiere)
Plethora (Germany) by Annique Delphine
PLETHORA is an experimental film exploring female sensuality, beauty, and desire versus the powerlessness women can feel when faced with societal expectations of gender roles and relationships formed by patriarchal systems.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD (European premiere)
Dryad (France) by Thomas Vernay
The wind blows, noises of armor resound. A knight escorts a young woman athwart plains. The thunder begins to scold, clouds invade the landscape. The knight, worried, stares the castle on the horizon. The end is close.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
VIFF BEST STUDENT FILM AWARD (world premiere)
Pipe Dreamer (Denmark) by Izzy Bautista
Small town Uri is a satellite in Copenhagen, floating around and searching for his place in the city. One night he accompanies a young drag queen on the way to the metro, and their short conversation inspires him to transcend fear and start living a little more flamboyantly. Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST WEB SERIES AWARD (European premiere)
Midnight Walk (Australia) by Mathilde Nocquet
Midnight, hidden by sunglasses and a badass vinyl disguise, a mysterious brunette is looking for her victim. Plunged into darkness, a car park is the stage of her next murder.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
VIFF BEST LGBT FILM AWARD (Italian premiere)
Cecil & Carl (United States) by Elvis Leon, Gaston Yvorra
Cecil has lived alone in a giant house ever since Carl, his partner of 43 years, was diagnosed with advanced dementia and admitted to a nursing home. Not about grand gestures of love or being gay, this story focuses on commitment and the duties that come with it.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VFW BEST UNDERGROUND FILM AWARD – Italian premiere
Maniacs (Sweden) by Isabella Carbonell
A girl goes to visit her sister who has been impossible to reach since being released from a psychiatric ward. She had been admitted for undressing in front of her colleagues, losing her job in the process. When the girl arrives at her sister’s apartment she realizes that things are much worse than she could have imagined. The sister has not eaten for several days, has killed her pets, covered all the windows with dark plastic bags and has let two strangers into her home. The healthy sister, paralyzed by anxiety, tries to understand what is going on and how this could have happened. But to her surprise, her sister claims to be anything but in bad shape. On the contrary, she says that she has never been happier since she turned her back on the outside world.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice

VIFF BEST DANCE FILM AWARD (Venice premiere)
Abismo (Canada) by Pablo Diconca
A man and a woman drifting on a raft, dance with their instincts by choosing the only possible escape…
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
VIFF VERONA NEW VISION AWARD (Italian premiere)
Sway (Hong Kong) by Faiyaz Jafri
Sway is a non-narrative computer generated film that celebrates body hair and rock gods.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at La Casa del Cinema in Venice.
BEST ITALIAN CINEMA NOW AWARD – Venice premiere
Siblings by Luca Sironi
Armando and Emma are part of a religious group named “New Reborn Christians”. Their task is going door to door, redeem sinners and convert faithless people. Every day the same routine. They strictly follow the precepts of the Scriptures, practicing day by day what they profess. Inside the walls of their house, they live a rigorous and moderate life, no distractions are allowed. Temptations exist only to be endured. Their life always flowed this way. They know each other perfectly, and words have become useless in their relationship. An unchangeable life. The only one they know.
Screening on September 1st or 2nd (tbc) at Casa del Cinema in Venice
OFFICIAL SELECTION OF 2016 VERONA IFF AND VENICE FILM WEEK:
VIFF ARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS – official selection 2016
Like A Cast Shadow (Germany) by Michael Krummenacher
Journey To The Mother (Russian Federation) by Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov Man overboard (Belgium) by Geraldine Doignon
The Missing View (China) by Xiaolei Zhao
Julia.Kaska.Miranda (Poland) by Agnieszka Maskovic
The Forest (Thailand) by Paul Spurrier
Road to the Sky (China) by Yi Wang
Ditches (Argentina) by Francisco Joaquin Paparella
Cold Matchsitck (Portugal) by Ricardo Franco
Problemski Hotel (Belgium) by Manu Riche
VFW NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM – official selection 2016
Cesium and a Tokyo Girl (Japan) by Ryo Saitani Capsule (United Kingdom) by Andrew Martin Figurine (Canada) by Hans Olson
Rules of The Game (France) by Ambroise Carminati Backtrack (France) by Baptiste Drapeau
The Apprentice (Turkey) by Emre Konuk
Day Six (Mexico) by Juan Pablo Arroyo Abraham Mile End (United Kingdom) by Graham Higgins Malady (United Kingdom) by Jack James
Dasein (India) by Shailik Bhaumik
1400 (Singapore) by Derrick Lui

Ben and Ara(United States) by Nnegest Likke
Billion Star Hotel (Romania) by Alecs Nastoiu
Smile Again, Jenny Lee (United) States by Carlo Caldana Ludo (Faroe Islands) by Katrin Ottarsdottir
Intersection (United States) by Tim French
Hollywood Mouth 2 (United States) by Jordan Mohr Pop-Up (Australia) by Stuart McBratney
Prisoner X (Canada) by Gaurav Seth
On The Horizon (Canada) by Pascal Payant Demning/Dam (Norway) by paul tunge
The Answer (India) by Pavan Kaul
Sole Proprietor (United States) by Dan Eberle
VIFF DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS – official selection 2016
I do know my way home (United Kingdom) by Rahim Moledina, Andrea Mendonca Behind The Door (Denmark) by Martin Svinklov , Rune Bundgaard
Yximalloo (Ireland) by Tadhg O’Sullivan and Feargal Ward
The Ability Exchange (United States) by Bing Wang
A Brilliant Genocide (Australia) by Ebony Butler
Bird in the Room (Israel) by Ari Davidovich
Sixty Spanish Cigarettes (Spain) by Mark John Ostrowski After Spring, the Tamaki Family… (Taiwan) by Huang Yin-Yu Tashi And The Monk (India) by Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke Paper Stars (United States) by Josh Steinbauer
Sacred Loves (Brazil) by Dener Giovanini
VFW DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM – official selection 2016
Fishermen’s Conversations (United Kingdom) by Chiara Bove Makiedo
Alaya – Moments of creation (Austria) by Judith Barfuss
Armanii, from the famous Manakia to I’m not famous… (Romania) by Toma Enache No Kids for Me, Thanks! (Canada) by Magenta Baribeau
Ukraine. Paralipomenon. A Chronicle of Omissions (Italy) by Yulia Matsiy
The Way of the Brave (United States) by Henrik Larsson
Cheri News (United Kingdom) by Rahim Moledina
I do know my way home (United Kingdom) by Rahim Moledina, Andrea Mendonca The Garden of Hope (France) by Laurence Guenoun
Where the hills are greener (France) by Oliver Dickinson
Orphans of the Genocide (United States) by Bared Maronian
Free (Croatia) by Tomislav Zaja
Pierpaolo (Spain) by Miguel Angel Barroso
People of Love and Rage (Germany) by Stefano Casertano
Aurelia(France) by Katia Viscogliosi & Francis Magnenot
Arlette. Courage is a muscle (Germany) by Florian Hoffmann
VIFF NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS – official selection 2016
Sleeping Wonder (Italy) by Alberto Rizzi
Dog days (Belgium) by Janet van den Brand
Catherine (Canada) by Jarrod R.F. Hachey
Wabi-Sabi (Hungary) by Stef de Hoog
The sleep of the amazons (Belgium) by Berangere McNeese
The Father (Czech Republic) by Václav Huleš
Oracle (United States) by Christopher Lange
Adelmo (Italy) by Gianluca Fedele
Sad Spirit (Netherlands) by Angelo Raaijmakers
Uncanny Valley (Argentina) by Federico Heller
Girl – Chapter 1 & 2 (Denmark) by Mie Skjoldemose Condolences (United Kingdom) by Karen Veninga-Zaricor Gorilla (France) by Tibo Pinsard
Twilight (Cuba) by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
VFW NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – official selection 2016
Americano (United States) by Alexander Maxwell
Masked (Brazil) by Andrea Prado
Texting: A Love Story (United States) by Jeanette L. Buck
In Search of America Inshallah (United States) by Danish Renzu Remains (Israel) by Yotam Ben-David
Wander (United Kingdom) by Connor O’Hara
The Wolf of Enfield (United Kingdom) by Peter Findlay
Sixty Four (Germany) by Tiemo Weidemann
Uncle Phil (United States) by Alvaro Congosto
Aestas (Canada) by Guillaume Comtois
Ghost Walk: The Farm (United States) by Steve Olander
Three Years (United States) by Dennis Trifonov
Don’t You Forget About Me! (United States) by Anthony L. Mariani
Lady Luck (United Kingdom) by Jo Lewis
25.12 (Australia) by Stella Dimadis
Brenda (Ireland) by Matteo Bertoli
The Parcel (South Africa) by Hayden Phipps , Brett Williams
Here’s Jane (United States) by JoLane Lentz, Bobby Hewitt
Seeking Valentina (United States) by Armin Nasseri
BitterSweet (United States) by Akassia Goncalves
I-EMME (Italy) by Alberto Mosca
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood (France) by Fabio Soares
Innocence (Turkey) by Yasemin Demirci, Adrian Axel
Mousse (Sweden) by John Hellberg
CI: A Tedd Talkumentary (United States) by Martin Sweeney
The Journey of Little Red Cap inside of the Wolfs Belly (Ukraine) by Lidiya Huzhva Vandal (United States) by Felipe Vara de Rey
The Flight of Iro and Casper (United Kingdom) by Paul Herbert
The Story of 90 Coins (China) by Michael Wong, Gao Xiaofei
Gu (Portugal) by Pedro Marnoto Pereira
‘M A Murderer (Bangladesh) by Tareq Kawser
Pipo (Philippines) by Richard Soriano Legaspi
Blood of My Blood (Russian Federation) by Agniia Galdanova
Like A Summer Sonata (Germany) by Natalie MacMahon
Your Ring No Longer Fit My Hand (Hong Kong) by Laurence Tong
Lupus Perditus – The forsaken Wolf (Germany) by Christian Slezak
The Writer (Italy) by Emanuele Mengotti
Yours Accidentally (United Kingdom) by Steven Forrester
Rabbits (Germany) by Marlene Pardeller, Selina Becker
Lovelost (Japan) by Miwa Ono
An Angry Man (Denmark) by Jannik Dahl Pedersen
The Green Bench (United States) by Jim Likens
The Search for Cleopatra’s Crown (United States) by Mick Cusimano
The Second Move (Italy) by Nicolo Tagliabue
Maya (United Kingdom) by Veemsen Lama
Midnight Walk (Australia) by Mathilde Nocquet
Endless Ache (Lebanon) by Jamale Abou Hamad
Twilight (Cuba) by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
Promenade (Argentina) by Cirila Luz Ferron
Horn (Korea, Republic of) by Byun, Sungbin
Between Black and White (Greece) by Socrates Alafouzos
Formol (Canada) by Mikaël Huot
Fragments of May (United Kingdom) by Maria Pia Fanigliulo
Prison Door (Ireland) by Kevin McCann
Everything Will Be Okay (Austria) by Patrick Vollrath
Nelly (Austria) by Chris Raiber
Still (Germany) by Lily Erlinger
The Brother (Germany) by Christian Becker, Oliver Schwabe
Thirst For Life (Germany) by Michael Siebert
Black Mountain (Germany) by Nicholas Mockridge / Lilja Rupprecht
Little Block of Cement with Dishevelled Hair Containing the Sea (Spain) by Jorge Lopez Navarrete
VIFF DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS – official selection 2016
Come fa il geco con la farfalla (Italy) by Martina Amato
Paolos Dream (Greece) by Kirineos Papadimatos, Giannis Avramopoulos
Sara Levy Cohen (Israel) by Zohar Melinek
Diane – Jacques – Raymonde (Canada/Belgium) by Hubert Fiasse, Yannick Nolin
Ciutat Meridiana (Spain) by Graziana Saccente, Maria Antonia Duque, Maite Redondo, Bally Valdivieso, Alazne Vazquez
Her Name (Italy) by Pedro Lino
A Conscious Dream (Italy) by Federico Telerman, Nicolas Uboldi
Match: A Tinder Tale (United States) by Joshua DeFour
Last Words (Australia) by Lucas Jatoba, Andrew Goldie
An Italian Marriage (United Kingdom) by Mia Frigieri-Baldwin
VFW DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM – official selection 2016
Lamerica (United States) by Stefano Galli
Today I acknowledge (Germany) by Jessica Hahner
Alegria – A Humanitarian Expedition (Switzerland) by Christoph von Toggenburg
For Those Who Still Exist (Germany) by Kevin Kopacka, Raoul Kopacka
Moving Forest (France) by Emmanuel Coquelou, Yanette Shalter
Essence – Living in balance (Belgium) by Herman Marynissen
The Cliff (Russian Federation) by Volga Karantsova
The Homeless Beat (United States) by Mark Kurlyandchik
Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia (United States) by Kurt Jacobsen, Warren Leming
Makoshika (United States) by Jessica Jane Hart
Itagui (Colombia) by Roberto Nino Betancourt
Last Dance on the Main (Canada) by Aristofanis Soulikias
I Was Born Yesterday (United States) by Soudabeh Moradian
Sea With No Name (Finland) by Emilia Linnakoski
Sorelle Povere di Santa Chiara (United Kingdom) by Nina Danino
Beirut Kamikaze (Lebanon) by Christophe Karabache
Dragon Dreaming – the life and art of Kushia Young (Australia) by Amy Pysden/Daniel Clarke
Balloon Elderly (Japan) by Patrick Davison
Uncle Vassya (Germany) by Robert Schulzmann
VIFF ANIMATED SHORT FILMS – official selection 2016
In The Waves (United States) by Ying-Fang Shen
The Red Witch (United States) by Aron Bothman Cuerdas (Spain) by Pedro Solis Garcia
Moom (Japan) by Robert Kondo, Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi This Ain’t Disneyland (Hong Kong) by Faiyaz Jafri
VFW ANIMATED SHORT FILM – official selection 2016
The colors for Leo (Spain) by Zarah Knebel
Resilience (United Kingdom) by Bianca Howell
To Build a Fire (France) by Fx Goby
The Old Man and The Pears (United States) by Jing Sun Esruc (Taiwan) by Syu Pei-Hua
Schirkoa (India) by Ishan Shukla
Little Pig (United States) by Thong Nguyen
Chika, The Dog in The Ghetto (Germany) by Sandra Schiessl
VIFF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS – official selection 2016
A New Born (Italy) by Simone A. Tognarelli
Total Animal III (France) by Guerlotte Tristan
Elka Park (United States) by Gloria Chung
How i disappeared (Switzerland) by Yannick Mosimann Disobedience (Turkey) by Baris Alp
Ave Maria II (Norway) by Marte Gunnufsen
The Existential Zombie (United States) by Susan Lien Whigham
Abismo (Canada) by Pablo Diconca
Fields In Mist (United Kingdom) by John Woodman
Fallen (Canada) by Mary Cross
[13.1-9+19+13] Vol.01 (Japan) by Madam M.A
Rings and Divisions – On Saturn’s Edge (Australia) by Nikki Walkerden
The End Of Everything As You Knew It. A Guide. (Luxembourg) by Christian Neuman Grout Pray (United Kingdom) by Lola-Blanche Higgins
Sway (Hong Kong) by Faiyaz Jafri
Plethora (Germany) by Annique Delphine
The little man Michail (Bulgaria) by Nikolay Bogomilov (Timoteo)
EXPERIMENTAL FILM – official selection 2016
My Private Life II (United Kingdom) by Jill Daniels Dryad (France) by Thomas Vernay
without leaving home (Italy) by Cesare Furesi
Pechorin (Russian Federation) by Roman Khrushch Panic, Baby (United States) by Abrahim Mahallati #Beings 2015 (Romania) by Andrei Stefanescu
Dreams and Spaces in Between (Canada) by John Graham Kaleidoscope (Germany) by Telemach Wiesinger
No End (Canada) by Josephine Massarella The Corpse (India) by Don Palathara
Mer Depre (United States) by Margaret Orr Whisper Loretta (Canada) by John Celona Shattered (Canada) by David Hovan
The Ride (Germany) by Werner Bohnen
Dissolved (Austria) by Stefanie Weberhofer
Bardo (United States) by Derek Cote
Ridden by Nature (United States) by Kathi Von Koerber Cabaret Voltaire (Germany) by Jennifer von Schuckmann Rainy Red (Australia) by Evguenia Men
Penelope’s Odyssey (United States) by Andrea Eis
Memory IV Fields of Light, To a Friend (United States) by Gloria Chung
Fields In Mist (United Kingdom) by John Woodman
The Sound of Silence (Brazil) by Sybilla Odenheimer
Forgiveness (Lebanon) by Rima Irani
World Wide Women (Romania) by Andra Roman
Premortem (United Kingdom) by Ilya Melnikov
Physics and Metaphysics in Modern Photography (Canada) by Christine Lucy Latimer Lithics (United States) by Edward Ramsay-Morin
Clickety-Clack Film ‘High-Speed Express’ (Japan) by Kenta Nomura
Ursa Minor (Greece) by Elissavet Chronopoulou
Eternity and a Day (Portugal) by Truman Hopper
Nulla (Germany) by Delfina Mayer
The Separation Loop (Germany) by Leyla Rodriguez
Wearing the Fog (China) by Yafei Qi
Promenade (Argentina) by Cirila Luz Ferron
Cities Under the Sand (United States) by Sandra Dillon
Procedere (Switzerland) by Delia Schiltknecht
beweistheorie I (Russian Federation) by Artem Tarkhanov
VFW UNDERGROUND FILM – official selection 2016
Smile’s Comet (Korea, Republic of) by Woohyuk Kim The Dog (China) by Lam Can-zhao
Conveyor Belt (Cyprus) by Alexia Roider
Maniacs (Sweden) by Isabella Carbonell
Psychedelic Pictures Presents: Puff (United States) by Tod Lautenberg Aimee (Mexico) by Oscar Pichardo Isaak
Shadowhunters: DevilSpeak (United States) by Monique Dupree Dumbbells (United States) by Chris Livingston
in the wind (China) by Lan Shuzhang
The Drowned (United States) by Dio Chen
Keep Going (Korea, Republic of) by Kim Geon
Wake Me When I Leave (United States) by Tyler Rubenfeld Birds of Neptune (United States) by Steven Richter
VIFF LGBT FILMS – official selection 2016
Longing (Israel) by Nadav Mishali
Missing the Target (Italy) by Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli
The Places We’ve Been Have Become All But Ghosts (United States) by Caleb Andrew Ward How To Be Alone (Israel) by Erez Eisenstein
Shunned (Not Specified) by Igal Hecht
Unmoved (Portugal) by Sergio Galvao Roxo
Cecil & Carl (United States) by Elvis Leon, Gaston Yvorra
Always Marilyn (Spain) by Tommy Llorens
Dawn (United Kingdom) by Jake Graf
Mia (Italy) by Michele Leonardi
Hide Your Eyes (Denmark) by Mads Erichsen
The Girl Bunnies. Rocketship. (Canada) by Francoise Doherty
Let Us End With It Too (Canada) by Caisha Lea Thompson
3rd Personal (Thailand) by Pathompong Praesomboon
If (Turkey) by Naz Onen
Pipe Dreamer (Denmark) by Izzy Bautista
VFW ITALIAN CINEMA NOW – official selection 2016
A New Born by Simone A. Tognarelli
Psychosofatic by Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli Pietro’s room by Alina Gurinova
Me, you, us and all by Dario Leone
Aliah by Valentino Bedini
Morte Segreta by Michele Leonardi
China Playtime by Lucio Lionello
#99 by Fabio Landi
Darker than midnight by Sebastiano Riso
One Day In July by hermes mangialardo
UNI.QUE by Andrea Miguel Micheloni
Espero by Alessandro Quadretti
Siblings by Luca Sironi
Crazy Wheels by Ilaria Giangrande, Elena Rebeca Carini
Il demone di mezzogiorno by stella sollai, pierfranco zappareddu Aion#001 by Marco Rocca
The Second Move by Nicolo Tagliabue
Would You Play With Me? by Maurilio Muscillo
Born From Pain “Dance With The Devil” by Inti Carboni
In the sea from outside by Manuela Esposito
CopyCat Club – Ganz Berlin by Riccardo Torresi
Down to the Clouds by Enzo Lo Re
Flutulus by Igor Sadovski
For more information on all of the films in the 2016 Verona International Film Festival, please visit www.veronafilmfestival.com.
For more information on all of the films in the 2016 Venice Film Week, please visit www.venicefilmweek.com.

The Verona International Film Festival is divided in an online ‘official selection’ of films and the award winning films which will be screened during and in association with the Venice Film Week.

The selected films will compete for the following awards:

Best Feature Film
cash award of 250 Euros

Best Short Film
cash award of 100 Euros

Best Narrative Feature Film
Best Documentary Feature Film
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Narrative Short Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Experimental Film