WAR

a short film by Paolo Sassanelli

Bari, summer of 1946. The war has ended but there are no signs of peace between Paolo e Luigi. Having suffered a superficial wound in Abyssinia, Paolo hopes to receive his pension from the trade unions. Luigi reminds him of his Fascist past. Their discussion becomes heated when Paolo loses at cards yet again. His little boy Antonio watches his father’s humiliation in silence. With the money his mother gave him to buy lunch, he buys a toy gun and together with his little brothers he marches homewards to give the gun to the father, so he can revenge himself.

DIRECTOR
Paolo Sassanelli

STORY & SCREENPLAY
Antonella Gaeta
Paolo Sassanelli

CAST
Dino Abbrescia
Totò Onnis
Angela Iurilli
Andrea Montani
Pietro Pollonio
Donato Fanelli
Rita Milillo
Roberto Petruzzelli
Michael Paul Kremmerlein

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Federico Annicchiarico 

EDITING
Michele Sblendorio (A.M.C.) 

COSTUME DESIGNER
Veronica Lopez 

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Daniele Trevisi 

SOUND
Valentino Giannì

SOUND EDITING
Valeria Marrale

FOLEY ARTIST
Davide Favargiotti

MIX
Gaetano Musso

PRODUCTION
Mood Film 

WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Apulia Film Commission 

WITH THE PATRONAGE OF
Comune di Noci
Comune di Casamassima 

IN COLLABORATION WITH
Associazione Culturale Albalumen
Oz Film 

PRODUCER
Tommaso Arrighi

PREMIERE
Venice Film Festival, Corto Cortissimo Eventi (Italy, Venice, 2009) – Out of Competition

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Nastri d’Argento (Italy, Rome, 2010) Special Mention Best Director
David di Donatello (Italy, Rome, 2010) Nomination Best Italian Short Film
Premio Fedic d’Oro (Italy, Rome, 2010) Nomination Best Italian Short Film 

Palm Springs Int. Short Fest, (USA, Palm Springs, 2010) Best International Short Film
The Manhattan Short Film Festival (200 cities in the world, 2010) Best International Short Film, Best Editing
Long Island Film Festival, (USA, Long Island, 2011) Best International Short Film
In the Palace Fest – Int. Short Film Festival (Bulgaria, Balchik, 2010) Best International Short Film
Dam Short Film Festival (Usa, Boulder City, 2011) Best International Short Film
Sintetitza – Int.l Short Film Festival of Pirenei (Spain, Berga, 2010) Best International Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay
RIFF – Rome Independent Film Festival (Italy, Rome, 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno, (Italy, Salerno, 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Valsusa International FilmFest, (Italy, Bardonecchia (To), 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Mestre Film Festival (Italy,Mestre (Ve), 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Cinemadamare Int. Film Festival, (Italy, Itinerant, 2010) Best Italian Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor
CortiperScelta – Festival del cinema breve (Italy, Ascoli Piceno, 2011) Best Italian Short Film
Sardinia Film Festival (Italy, Sassari, 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Tropea Film Festival (Italy, Tropea (VV), 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Margherita Short Movies Fest (Italy, Margherita di Savoia (BA), 2010) Best Italian Short Film
Bolzano Short Film Festival (Italy, Bolzano, 2010) Jury Special Prize
Valdarno Cinema Fedic, (Italy, S. Giovanni Valdarno (Ar), 2010) – Young jury Prize
Inventa un Film, (Italy, Lenola (LT), 2010) Best Director
FEC Cambrils-Reus – European Short Film Festival (Spain, Reus, 2010) Audience Award
Festival du film de Compiègne (France, Compiegne, 2010) Audience Award
Visionaria International Video Festival (Italy, Piombino, 2010) Audience Award
Festival Pontino del cortometraggio (Italy, Latina, 2011) Audience Award
Salento Finibus Terrae International Film Festival (Italy, Fasano, 2010) Best Apulia Short Film
CortiperScelta – Festival del cinema breve (Italy, Ascoli Piceno, 2011) Best Screenplay
Festival Overlook (Italy, Finali Ligure, 2010) Best Screenplay, Best Actor
Festival del Cinema di Brescello (Italy, Brescello, 2010) FEDIC Award
Festival del Cinema Italiano a Madrid (Spain, Madrid, 2009) Special Mention
Chianciano Terme Corto Fiction (Italy, Chianciano Terme, 2010) Special Mention
Inventa un Film (Italy, Lenola, 2010) Best Italian Short Film – 2° Prize
Fano International Film Festival (Italy, Fano, 2010) Best Italian Short Film – 3° Prize
Long Island International Film Expo (USA, Long Island,2010) Nomination Best Short Film 35mm, Nomination Best First Short Film

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Seattle International Film Festival (Usa, Seattle, 2010)
Molodist- Kiev International Film Festival (Ukraine, Kyiv, 2010)
Cinemed – Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (France, Montpellier, 2010)
Hawaii International Film Festival (Usa, Honolulu, 2010)
Miami Short Film Festival (Usa, Miami, 2010)
Tirana International Film Festival (Albania, Tirana, 2010)
Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival (Usa, Chicago, 2010)
Adana Golden Boll Mediterrranean Short Film Competition (Turkey, Adana, 2010)
International Family Film Festival (Usa, Los Angeles, 2010)
Tiburon International Film Festival (Usa, Tiburon, 2011)
Bradford International Film Festival (UK, Bradford, 2010) – Out of Competition
Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria, Sofia, 2010) – Out of Competition
Future Shorts Festival (UK, London, 2011) – Out of Competition
International Short Film Festival Mas Sorrer (Spain, Gualta, 2011)
Cyprus International Film Festival (Cyprus, 2010)
First Film Festival (China, Beijing, 2011)
Babelgum Film Festival (On line, 2010)
Calaveras International Film Festival (California (Usa), Calaveras County, 2010)
Terra di Cinema – Tremblay en France (France, Paris, 2010) – Out of Competition
Short Film Corner – Festival di Cannes (France, Cannes, 2010) – Out of Competition
Galicja Film Festival for Children (Poland, Cracovia, 2010) – Out of Competition

Italian Golden Globes (Foreign Press in Italy Award) (Italy, Rome, 2010)
Cittadella del Corto-Festival Int. Corto di Fiction (Italy, Trevignano (Rm), 2010)
Genova Film Festival (Italy, Genova, 2010)
Maremetraggio – Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio (Italy, Trieste, 2011)
MIFF – Film Festival Internazionale di Milano (Italy, Milan, 2010)
Cinema Corto in Bra International Short Film Festival (Italy, Bra (CN), 2010)
Film Festival Molise Cinema (Italy, Casa Calenda (CB), 2010)
Imaginaria Film Festival (Italy, Conversano (Ba), 2010)
Corto Dorico (Italy, Ancona, 2010)
Salento International Film Festival (Italy, Tricase (LE), 2010)
Arcipelago – Festival Int. del Cortometraggio (Italy, Rome, 2010) – Out of Competition
Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival (Italy, Capalbio, 2010) – Out of Competition
Trani Film Festival (Italy, Trani, 2010) – Out of Competition
Festival del Cinema Europeo (Italy, Lecce, 2010) – Out of Competition
Collecchio Video Film Festival (Italy, Collecchio (Pr), 2010)
Passaggi d’Autore: intrecci mediterranei (Italy, Sant’Antioco (CI), 2010)
Clorofilla Film Festival (Italy, Grosseto, 2010)
Milazzo Film Festival (Italy, Milazzo, 2010)
Festival Internazionale di Cinema dell’Aquila (Italy, L’Aquila, 2010)
I’ve seen films Concorso internazionale (Italy, Milan, 2010)
I’ve seen films Internet Contest (Italy, Milan (Online), 2010)
Amarcort Film Festival (Italy, Rimini, 2010)
Mediterrante – Festival del Cinema e dei Linguaggi per Ragazzi (Italy, Bari, 2010)
Storie di Cinema (Italy, Grosseto, 2010) – Out of Competition
Festival del Cinema Indipendente di Foggia (Italy, Foggia, 2010) – Out of Competition
EcoVision Festival (Italy, Palermo, 2010) – Out of Competition
Noci Cortinfestival (Italy, Noci (Ba), 2010) – Out of Competition
L’altro corto (Italy, Rome, 2010)
Riace in Festival (Italy, Riace (RC), 2010)
Bif&st – Bari International Film & TV Festival (Italy, Bari, 2010)
Melzo Film Festival (Italy, Melzo (Mi), 2010)
Cortosudite (Italy, Tivoli, 2010)
Le giornate della Mostra – Corto Cortissimo 2009 (Italy, Veneto, 2009) – Out of Competition
Gargano Film Fest (Italy, Gargano, 2010) – Out of Competition
Otranto Film Fund Festival (Italy, Otranto, 2010) – Out of Competition
Festival dei Bollenti Spiriti (Italy, Bari, 2010) – Out of Competition

SHOWCASES
Expo 2010 Shanghai China (China, Shanghai, 2010)
7 Shorts in Øst For Paradis (Denmark, Arhus, 2010)
Celluloid Social Club (Canada, Vancouver, 2010)
Stark County District Library (Ohio (Usa), Canton, 2010)
Parcours-metrages europeens – Comenius (Belgium, Liegi, 2011)
Estate Cinema Lucca (Italy, Lucca, 2010)
Sguardi di Cinema Italiano (Italy, Monopoli, 2010)
Il cinema che non c’è (Italy, Noci, 2010)
Invictis Victi Victuri – Cineteca Milano (Italy, Milan, 2009)
Mediterraneo e Oriente – Univeristà di Siena (Italy, Siena, 2009)
Corti al Conte (Italy, Rome, 2010)
Corti Break (Italy, Rome, 2010)
Estiva Lucera (Italy, Lucera, 2010)
Cinecircolo Romano (Italy, Rome, 2010)
Die Misik Macht Frei – Showcase dedicated to shorts about War (Italy, Alberobello, 2011)

Making Of UERRA

Special about Costumes

Special about Producion Design

Special about Photography

Special about the Story

Special ‘What is Uerra?’

Interview to Paolo Sassanelli (TV2000)