Pitching Session ROAD TO EURO CONNECTION/ITALY
Sala Grande, Circolo dei Lettori e delle Lettrici
Sunday, Nov 29 | 11:30-12:15
Pitch session for short film projects in development that already have an established author/producer team and are looking for co-productions. The teams have been selected from the Italian projects that have applied to the European co-production pitching forum Euro Connection. The same selected teams will take part in the programme Talent Connexion in Clermont-Ferrand during the International Short Film Market in February 2027.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Through the Clouded Glass – Fiction | regia: Marta Capossela | prod: Matteo Tortone – Malfé Film
Portosacro – Fiction | regia: Michele Formica | prod: Rebecca Cervato – Vagabonda Film
Still – Fiction | regia: Gabriele Fusaro | prod: Niccolò Voltolini – Red Sheep
Se ti vedo/If I See You – Fiction | regia: Delia Simonetti | prod: Lara Calligaro – Lume Film
OK OK OK – Fiction | regia: Giacomo Tazzini | prod: Giorgio Calogero – Polittico
Pitching Session THINK OUTSIDE THE KEYFRAME
Sala Grande, Circolo dei Lettori e delle Lettrici
Sunday, Nov 29 | 12:30-13:15
Think Outside the Keyframe is ShorTO’s call for projects focused on animation projects. It is dedicated exclusively to two categories of applicants: directors or creative teams composed of a producer and a director, from any country in the world, seeking support for the development or production of an animation project at any stage of development.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Hipnagogy – Animation | director: Paula Abalos | prod: Miguel Yilales Agelvis – Mesa Grande Producciones, CHILE
Throwing Sticks at the Sun – Animation | director: Raman Djafari | prod: Fabian Driehorst – Fabian&Fred, GERMANY
Family Lunch – Animation | director: Elisa Fanais, ITALY
Tageslicht – Animation | director: Ayala Shoshana Guy | prod: Fabian Driehorst – Fabian&Fred, GERMANY
Blue Tower – Animation | director: Mari Koff | prod: Sergo Kibus, Kadriann Kibus – Rebel Frame, ESTONIA
Le lucciole si perdono nel bosco – Animation | director: Dario Lauritano | prod: Anna Milza – Panta, ITALY
Pitching Session YOU ONLY PITCH TWICE
Sala Grande, Circolo dei Lettori
Monday, Nov 30 | 10:00-11:00
International co-production pitch for short films in development. Selected participants have five minutes to present their project to an audience of industry professionals. The projects were selected throughout the year at partner pitching forums: Brussels CoProMarket – Short Film Sessions (Belgium), SFC | Rendez-vous Industry (France), Baltic Pitching Forum (Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia), ShorTS International Film Festival (Italy), Sentiero Film Lab (Italy), Premio Sonego (Italy), and Short Film Forum (Kosovo). The pitching session is preceded by a brief presentation by two representatives of the partner forums from which the projects were selected: Sentiero Film Lab and Premio Sonego.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Home Front – Fiction | directors: Antonio Abbate, Michele Stefanile| prod: Davide Mogna – NewGen Entertainment, ITALY
Self-presentation – Fiction | regia: Anastassya Angelova | prod: Kalina Lipovska – Miramar Film, BULGARIA
Tutte le altre vite – Fiction | regia: Sabrina Coppola | prod: Carlotta Ricci – Kahuna Film, ITALY
Phantom Tongue – Fiction | regia: Maxime Coton | prod: Miléna Trivier – RUBIS Productions, BELGIUM
The Last Hide – Documentary | regia: Matthias Joulaud | prod: Irene Muñoz Martin – Autre Terre, SWITZERLAND
My Pants Are Your Pants – Sperimentale | regia: Durim Klaiqi, KOSOVO
Walks. I love, therefore I am – Animazione | regia: Gintare Valeviciute-Brazauskiene | prod: Justė Beniušytė – Kadrų Skyrius, LITHUANIA
Pitching Session ALMOST FAMOUS
Sala Grande, Circolo dei Lettori
Monday, Nov 30 | 11:30-12:15
For the 11th edition of ShorTO Film Market, the Italian Short Film Center is launching a new pitching session in collaboration with the distribution company Lights On, which will award a distribution contract prize to one of the projects. Almost Famous is a pitch for short films in the final stages of post-production – with a rough cut or completed and unreleased – seeking distribution deals and festival premieres. Selected participants have five minutes to present their project and an excerpt of the film to an audience of industry professionals. Following the pitching session, participants will take part in a series of one-to-one meetings with Decision-Makers, scheduled by the ShorTO team.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Scrap Metal – Fiction | director: Victor Gorbachov, GEORGIA
Baumarkt – Fiction | director: Ulrich Krischtan, GERMANY
Dove non fa buio – Fiction | directors: Camilla Morino, Alberto Sparapan, ITALY
Minuteria – Fiction | director: Alessandra Salvoldi, ITALY
In the Belly of a Fossil – Fiction | director: Kartikeya Saxena, CZECH REP., INDIA
Apple Season – Fiction | director: Elžbieta Vozbinaitė, LITHUANIA