ARCA
Directed by Lorenzo QuagliozziItaly 2025
Runtime 20'
At the height of the Cold War, faced with the threat of nuclear annihilation, a group of Hollywood filmmakers scarred by the atrocities of World War II come together to create a secret programme called ARCA. A century later, their legacy might be our only hope.
Directed by
Lorenzo Quagliozzi
Screenplay
Lorenzo Quagliozzi
Cinematography
Lorenzo Quagliozzi
Editing
Lorenzo Quagliozzi
Music
Nico Palermo
Sound Design
Nico Palermo
Make-up
Mariateresa Rutigliano
Cast
Serena Zini, Andrea Dante Benazzo, Francesca Osso
Production
Andrea Sbarbaro (Eclettica), Lorenzo Quagliozzi, Alessandro Loprieno (WeShort)
Coproduction
WeShort
Italian Distributor
Gorrilla Film Distribution
Monday 01.09
8.30am Hall Perla
Press, Industry
Tuesday 02.09
1.30pm Hall Perla
Public, All accreditations
Wednesday 03.09
7.30pm Hall Corinto
Public, All accreditations
Lorenzo Quagliozzi (1999) is a self-taught filmmaker. After graduating from high school, he interned on the sets of The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino and Esterno Notte by Marco Bellocchio. Between 2018 and 2019, he curated the audiovisual footage of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, and worked as archive footage researcher for Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary Ennio. After shooting Illusione (2020) and Il mio cuore è vuoto come uno specchio – the Odessa episode (2022), he won the Nastro d’Argento 2024 for Best Short Film with De l’amour perdu. ARCA is his fourth short feature.
