Special event closing short film

Domenica sera Sunday Night

Directed by Matteo Tortone
Italy 2024
Runtime 16'

Sunday night. Alex is an ultras, his team has just lost a match and he is going home empty-headed. In the absence of his parents, he lives with his grandmother and sells Rivotril tablets to make some money. On a night that’s struggling to take off, Alex goes down to the basement and into a cellar where a bunch of people are gathered. A rap battle is in progress. Nemy is a girl with refined bars, who dances confidently and sinuously. She notices Alex and seeks him out. Together they venture into the night, driving in a stolen car. Two solitudes that recognise each other. Their bodies brush against each other in what seems to be the beginning of a story.

Directed by
Matteo Tortone

Screenplay
Matteo Tortone, Zelia Zbogar

Cinematography
Patrick Tresch

Editing
Enrico Giovannone

Music
Nemy, Buttyso6ad, Rich the Artist, Rico Mendossa, Yunes LaGrintaa

Sound Design
Mirko Guerra

Production Design
Giulia Capirone

Costumes
Giulia Capirone

Cast
Tommaso Gaglianone, Noemi Giuseppina Muoio

Production
Alessandro Carroli (EIE film)

Co-production
Matteo Tortone, Enrico Giovannone (Malfé Film), Fabrizio Nastasi (Imago VFX)

Italian Distribution
EIE film

Thursday 05.09
8.45am Hall Perla
Press, Industry

Friday 06.09
1.45pm Hall Perla
Public, All accreditations

Saturday 07.09
9.00am Hall Perla
Public, All accreditations

39.SIC Matteo Tortone

Matteo Tortone (1982) is an Italian director, screenwriter, and producer. His debut feature Mother Lode won the 2019 Eurimages Lab Award and was presented in competition at the 36. Venice SIC before being shortlisted at several other international festivals, where it won numerous awards: among them, Thessaloniki, Shanghai, Guadalajara, and Doc NYC – where it received a special mention from the jury. He is a student at Torino Film Lab.