CONCORTO FILM FESTIVAL
24th edition – AUGUST 16-23, 2025
OFFICIAL SELECTION
COMPETING FILMS
After a long selection process among over two thousand films, we are happy to announce you the Official Selection of the 24th edition of Concorto Film Festival.
40 short films will compete for The Golden Donkey, and 16 Italian premieres and 30 different countries will be featured.
Selection by the Artistic Direction of the Festival.
Simone Bardoni and Claudia Praolini
This year’s short films:
Agapito, Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Romero, Philippines, France, 2025, fiction, 15’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Anthéor, Patrice-Joseph Blanc, France, 2024, animation, 21’
Apocalypse, Benoit Méry, France, 2024, documentary, 14’
As If To Nothing, Pek Jia Hao & Ang Jia Jun, Singapore, 2025, fiction, 20’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Autokar, Sylwia Szkiłądź,Belgium, France, 2025, animation, 18’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Automagic, Ashok Vish, India, France, 2025, fiction, 14’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Because of (U), Tohé Commaret, France, 2025, experimental, fiction, 13’
Blanche, Joanne Rakotoarisoa, France, 2025, fiction, 25’
Coeur Bleu (Blue Heart), Samuel Suffren, Haiti, 2025, fiction, 15’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
De Sucre (Made Of Sugar), Clàudia Cedó, Spain, 2024, fiction, 25’
Dear Mother (Kära Mor), Theodor Solin, Sweden, 2025, fiction, 13’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Duty Free, Hilke Rönnfeldt, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, 2024, fiction, 17’
Erogenesis, Xandra Popescu, Germany, 2025, fiction 15’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Extracurricular Activity, Dean Wei, Xu Yidan, China, 2025, fiction, 22’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Fille de l’eau (Water Girl), Sandra Desmazières, France, 2025, animation, 15’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Fish River Anthology (Mereneläviä), Veera Lamminpää, Finland, 2024, animation, fiction, 9’
Généalogie de la violence (Genealogy of violence), Mohamed Bourouissa, France, Algeria, 2024, fiction, 15’
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (Chao Somnop Chet), Chheangkea, Cambodia, France, 2025, fiction, 19’
I’m Glad You’re Dead Now, Tawfeek Barhom, Palestine, France, Greece, 2025, fiction, 13’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Il burattino e la balena, Roberto Catani, France, Italy, 2024, animation, 8’
Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn, Chandradeep Das, India, 2024, fiction 15’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Jour de vent, Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille
Truding, France, 2024, animation, 7’
L’ultimo Giorno Dell’orso (The Last Day of the Bear), Antonio Donato, Italy, 2025, fiction, 12’
Largohen Dallendyshet (Swallows Will Leave), Deni Neli, Italy, Albania, 2024, fiction, 20’
Le Diable et la Bicyclette (The Devil and the Bicycle), Sharon Hakim, France, Lebanon, 2025, fiction, 24’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Les Bottes de la Nuit, Pierre-Luc Granjon, France, 2025, animation, 12’
Longue Distance (Long Distance), Iulia Voitova, France, 2025, animation, 8’
Majonezë, Giulia Grandinetti, Italy, 2024, fiction, 22’
Né una né due, Lucia Catalini, Italy, 2024, animation, 6’
No Skate!, Guil Sela, France, 2025, fiction, 24’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
O, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Sweden, 2024, fiction, 20’
Saarvocado, Victor Orozco Ramirez, Germany, Mexico, 2025, animation, experimental,
documentary, 8’
Samba Infinito, Leonardo Martinelli, Brazil, 2025, fiction, 15’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts, Rein Maychaelson, Indonesia, 2025, fiction, 19’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Shadows, Rand Beiruty, Jordan, France, 2024, animation, 12’
Stone of Destiny, Julie Černá, Czech Republic, 2025, animation, 11’
Sulaimani, Vinnie Ann Bose, France, 2025, animation, 19’
Three Keenings, Oliver McGoldrick, UK, Northern Ireland, USA, 2024, fiction, 15’
Una vez en un cuerpo (Once in a body), María Cristina Pérez, Colombia, USA, 2025, animation, 10’, ITALIAN PREMIERE
Vox Humana, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Philippines, USA, Singapore, 2024, fiction, 22’