On Friday, April 4, at 9:30 p.m., the Prisma Awards return to Rome’s Cinema Farnese, bringing to the theater some of the best short films received within the last months.

“To inaugurate the 8th year of the Prisma Awards, we propose you to come around the world with us in 5 short films: first three stories from South Africa, Russia and France that take us back to looking at the world through the eyes of children; and then two that from Brazil and Haiti remind us how the movement of peoples between different countries and continents, too often is not the free choice of those who want to change but the painful necessity of those who must survive.”
Marcello Di Trocchio, artistic director of the festival

SCREENINGS IN ORIGINAL VERSION WITH ITA-ENG SUBTITLES

From the Locarno 2024 selection, little Brett’s tenderness collides with his father’s spiralling vice.
PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle (South Africa/USA 14′ — DRAMA)

In a Russia permeated by the cult of strength, the best school in the district hides painful and violent cracks. Italian premiere.
CREASE by Demitri Zujew (Russia 20’ — DRAMA)

The carefree wandering of two brothers is shaken by the encounter with the old love of one of the two. Italian premiere.
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH by Mélodie Adda & Adrien Rozé (France 20’ — DRAMEDY)
The director and lead actress Mélodie Adda will be present in the hall

Erika has to deal with her (dis)integration into a culture different from the one she comes from. Official selection at Cannes 2024.
AMARELA by André Hayato Saito (Brazil 15’ – DRAMA)

Can those who are forced to migrate and separate from their families find refuge and strength in the ancestral call of rhythm? Italian premiere.
UNSTOPPABLE BEAT by Luke Dye-Montefiore & Rufus Dye-Montefiore (UK 6’ – ANIMATION)

In the hall we will also have Italian and international guests who participated with their projects in the selection stages of the Prisma Awards.

Before the event, starting at 6 p.m., find us for an aperitif at Enoteca Il Piccolo in Via del Governo Vecchio 74.

See you on Friday!