Feature Films is the category that includes six feature-length films screened during the festival days. The films come from various countries around the world and will be subtitled in both Italian and English.
I am Frankelda
Soy Frankelda
By Arturo Ambriz, Roy Ambriz
Feature Films
In 19th-century Mexico, when the young writer Frankelda is drawn into the depths of her subconscious, she finds herself in a dimension populated by creatures born from her own imagination. Immersed in this dreamlike world, alongside the troubled prince Herneval, she must confront the shadows of her mind and preserve the balance between fiction and reality before it is too late.
Maya, Give Me a Title
Maya, donne-moi un titre
By Arturo Ambriz, Roy Ambriz
Maya is the heroine of magical and fantastical worlds made of paper and colors, but she is also the daughter of director Michel Gondry. From their daily interactions, even while apart, the director develops small animated stories that come to life from the shared imagination of father and daughter.
Memory Hotel
By Heinrich Sabl
In 1945, at the end of World War II, young Sophie flees with her parents from the advancing Red Army and takes refuge in an abandoned hotel. After a violent encounter with a Nazi officer, she loses her parents and her memory, remaining trapped within the hotel’s walls. Growing up in this timeless space, suspended between past and present, Sophie forms unexpected bonds and confronts her lost memories.
Tales from The Magic Garden
Pohádky po babičce
By Patrik Pašš, David Súkup, Jean-Claude Rozec, Leon Vidmar
After the loss of their grandmother, the three siblings, Tom, Suzanne and Derek, find themselves with their grandfather in a house that feels empty and silent. The quiet does not last long: thanks to Suzanne’s imagination, during the first evening without their grandmother, they begin, before falling asleep, a journey of adventurous tales. Little by little, the house fills once again with voices and laughter.
The Songbirds' Secret
Le Secret des Mésanges
By Antoine Lanciaux
In 19th-century Mexico, when the young writer Frankelda is drawn into the depths of her subconscious, she finds herself in a dimension populated by creatures born from her own imagination. Immersed in this dreamlike world, alongside the troubled prince Herneval, she must confront the shadows of her mind and preserve the balance between fiction and reality before it is too late.
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads
Mujeres con Hombreras
By Gonzalo Cordova
Can “cuyes”, guinea pigs as large as cattle, become pets? In 1980s Ecuador, entrepreneur Marioneta Negocios attempts the unusual endeavor of turning these giant “cuyes”, once a traditional local food, into companion animals. Her initiative inevitably clashes with local culture and with the interests of those who profit from a centuries-old tradition.
