Catalogue of short films
in distribution
Catalogue ’23/’24
All Italian and international films in distribution:
short films, medium-length films and documentaries
Alpha Film
MUSINTASIA
Italy, 2024 / 14′
a film by
Alessandro Navarino
A little boy named Alex is constantly seeking approval and attention from his parents, who are too busy arguing with each other to look after him. When Alex starts listening to music through headphones, ignites his imagination and he enters an imaginary and utopian world.
AS LEAVES IN THE WIND
(Como hojas por el viento)
Spain, 2023 / 11′
a film by
Sofia Luz
Two transgender women who migrate from their home countries seeking asylum and opportunities in a new continent. Their lives go through structural changes when they meet and take part in a new support network. Made by them for them.
CECILIA'S DIARY
(Diario de Cecilia)
Argentina, 2024 / 23′
a film by
Valérie Loewensberg
Cecilia is isolated in a psychiatric hospital. She dreams of a place where the snow burns her skin and where she can find her lost love, Philippe. When the psychiatrist, with her mother’s approval, decides to extend her confinement, Cecilia hatches an escape plan.
IT HAPPENS TO US
Canada, 2024 / 15′
a film by
Anubhav Singh
Amidst the pandemic, the Baig sisters, Nur and Zainab, navigate a challenging family situation. Their father, Umar, plagued by schizophrenia after the demise of their mother Abida, lives in a hallucinatory world where Abida is still alive. On the anniversary of Abida’s demise, Umar’s condition spirals into panic attack and what follows next is a turn of unfortunate events.
MORNING BEGINS AT NIGHT
Iran – Canada – Turkey, 2024 / 26′
a film by
Mohamad Kamal Alavi
Neda is preparing for an artistic performance related to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. Her father has an important job interview in the government office. The success of that interview depends on Neda’s behavior.
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF KORE
Italy 2023 / 20′
a film by
Maria Antonietta Mariani
Gaia, Nina, Teresa and Virginia are artists of the cultural scene of Rome. Signs, objects and relationships animate the creative process and the works. The interweaving of emotions and experiences of the protagonists returns a story poised between realism and magical thinking.
SHE WAS A STAR
Iran 2024 / 15′
a film by
Neshat Shabani
An old woman lives in a nursing home, she used to be a famous singer and now she has Alzheimer. This woman has forgotten that she was a star one day, and she suffers every time by recalling past memories. The nurse who take care of her finds similarities between her own life and this woman.
SOUL
Italy 2024 / 20′
a film by
Andrea Baglio
1945. Three Italians are running away from a handful of Yugoslav militiamen seeking revenge for the oppression they suffered during the Fascist period. Alma, a girl of nowadays, sees her present intertwined with the painful past of the protagonists.
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