Things That My Best Friend Lost
Directed by Marta InnocentiItaly 2024
Runtime 15'
A dark night is lit up with the fluorescent colours and metallic sounds of an illegal party. Andrea, the organiser and DJ, confesses his joys and turmoils through a series of increasingly delirious voice messages addressed to someone far away. It is Andrea’s solitary cry for help: as we uncover his relationship with the listening ghost, he narrates his human experiences at the clandestine rave. In a reality where policing and punishment go hand in hand, a party suspended in space and time inflames the city, setting free the bodies we inhabit. In this new day and age can we still find ways to connect with each other or are we alone even when we are together?
Directed by
Marta Innocenti
Screenplay
Marta Innocenti
Cinematography
Marta Innocenti
Editing
Michela Zolfo
Music
Delto
Sound Design
Tommaso Barbaro
Cast
Andrea Del Torchio
Production
Ivan Casagrande Conti, Marco Malfi Chindemi, Davide Signorelli (Rossofilm)
Distribution
Finisterrae
Marta Innocenti (1993) is studying Film at the University of Bologna. Growing up in a small provincial town where there were no cinemas, she started watching films by borrowing DVDs from the local library. Her first film, L’Assedio, was produced by Echivisivi with the support of Film Commission Toscana under the MiC-Ministero della Cultura. In 2021, the film was shortlisted at the Cannes Docs section of the 74. Cannes Film Festival, and in 2023 it won the MiC ‘Per chi crea’ competition for international distribution. Marta’s creative journey continued when she started writing her first feature film, Mademoiselle. The film obtained financing from a France-Italy co-production – Adastra Films and Rossofilm – and is currently in development, supported by MiC and Région Sud.
