Halfway point for #Concorto2026!
At the ARCI Rathaus club, the VR screenings of The Frame Beyond continue, and from 3 pm to 7 pm, there is the Industry Day – Italian Film Atlas, dedicated to the state of the art of short films in Italy (a research project supported by the Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano).
A double bill at the Ricci Oddi Gallery: from 4:30 pm, the second day of Concorto Kids, and at 6 pm, in the Salone degli Amici dell’Arte, the second session of the Get to Work focus.
The evening carries on at Parco Raggio: dinner from 8 pm thanks to the Giusté Food Truck, and from 9 pm, the short films in competition. In the greenhouse, an unmissable night featuring the Play-Off focus dedicated to sport, followed by experimental films by Ubik!
Stallion y la Bola de Cristal (Stallion and a Crystal Ball) – Christian Avilès
As seen by Anna Vullo
An isolated teenager is consumed by an overwhelming desire. In search of an escape, he casts a spell, blurring the boundary between reality and imagination. Through striking and evocative imagery, director Christian Avilés reflects on freedom of expression, leaving spectators with a plethora of possible interpretations.
Far from Beyrouth – Mon Dewulf
As seen by Anna Vullo
Director Mon Dewulf is in touch with his partner Karim, who lives in Beirut. Through his partner’s messages, videos and voice notes, the unfolding of the most recent events in the Lebanese capital comes into view: Israeli air raids and devastated residential buildings. Amid these self-explanatory images, the documentary also explores the emotional closeness of two people living in two completely opposite worlds, and the despair of a country forced to live in fear.
A Shot At Art – Ilke Paddenburg
As seen by Francesca Marchesini
Ike Paddenburg revisits patriarchal dynamics in a simply fantastic short film . Two volunteers at a contemporary art festival find themselves having to watch over a provocative artwork, where the artist blames men for society’s problems. But how should they respond when there is no true reflection on the subject, when the action, in this case the artwork, is only performative feminism? How should they react to the constant and relentless imposition of male power? Paddenburg’s solution is simple: they have to shoot.
Gardiennes de Nuit (Night Watchers) – Nina Khada
As seen by Laura Savoini
Nora is twenty years old and lives in France, but after her grandmother’s death, she travels to Algeria for her funeral. There, she finds herself surrounded by a lifestyle that is different to the one she grew up with, yet somehow familiar to her. What she does find too different from her way of thinking, however, is that women aren’t authorized to attend the funeral ceremony. With just a few words, but with a presence that fills every room she enters, the young woman will manage to find her place within what is, thoroughly distant, her family and her traditions.
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