Short Film Competition 9+

ACROSS THE RIVER
Italy, 2019 – 15’

Direction: Luca Zambolin / Screenplay: Alessandro Padovani, Luca Zambolin / Director of Photography: Matteo Calore / Producers: Francesco Bonsembiante / Production: Jolefilm Srl / Distribution: Elenfant Distribution – Sayonara Film / Editing: Luca Zambolin / Sound: Marco Zambrano / Sound Designer: Francesco Tedde / Scenography: Emilia Bonsembiante / Costumes: Marianna Peruzzo / Cast: Brixhilda Shqalsi, Marco Paolini, Elisabetta Salvatori

In the 1940s occupied Italy, a small farm is left without animals, since they have all been confiscated by the Germans. Antonia, adventuring to the river which divides the city from the country, finds a stray horse and decides to keep it, endangering the people in the farm.

The director: Luca Zambolin

Luca Zambolin is an Italian director. In 2010 he directed the short film “Neve”, winner of the “Veneto Movie Movement” award at the Euganea Film Festival. In 2018 he directed the documentary “A ventiquattro mani” (79’), produced by Jolefilm. In the same year, he obtained the support of MiBAC and SIAE to write, direct, and edit the short “Beyond the river” produced by Francesco Bonsembiante for Jolefilm.