SHOOTING WATERMELONS
International Short Film Contest 52 ED. 2024
United Kingdom – Italy 2023 20' Ficción Ópera prima
Federico is on holiday with his father and brother in a summer residence in Sardinia. Their father, Aurelio, is a severe and overtly masculine man who makes Federico feel anxious and inadequate. When a wealthy German family invites them to dinner, Federico discovers he is not so different from his father.
Antonio Donato
Filmmaker from Milan (Italy) who trained at the London Film School, graduating in 2023. His graduation film, Shooting Watermelons, has been selected for the BAFTA Yugo 2023, El Gouna Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin. He has also worked on international productions as a producer and editor, and some of these short films have been screened at Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying film festivals. Antonio is currently developing a new short and his feature film debut.
TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:
Antonio Donato
SCRIPT:
Antonio Donato, Paolo Carbone
PRODUCTION:
Courageous Donuts, London Film School, Via 73 Films, Eclettica, Hyperion.
EDITING:
Iacopo Calabrese, Antonio Donato
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Sahil Kotwani
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Tristan Clarke
SOUND:
Alessio Festuccia
CAST:
Luigi Di Fiore, Luca Lacerenza, Sebastian Balzarolo, Alessandra Sarno
CONTACT:
lightson@lightsonfilm.org