Director: Salvatore Allocca| Producer: Alfredo Borrelli | Lorenzo Borrelli Production: Own Air In collaboration with Teatri di Seta, Hamef onlus, Mignon| Language: Italian | French| Subtitles: English | Italian Country of Origin: Italy, 14′ 35”, 2018, Rights: World 

At the age of 14, Megalie, daughter of an immigrant family from Senegal but born and brought up in Italy, is faced with the difficult task of finding a place for herself in the world she is living in. When she is denied the opportunity of taking part in a school trip abroad, a perfect occasion for the girl to reveal her feelings to her classmate Marco, that place in the world will seem unattainable to her. But will it really be so?

Cast: Fatou Mbemgue | Filippo Scotti


Nominations and Awards

PALM SPRINGS INT. SHORTFEST, Palm Springs (USA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN, Oberhausen (GERMANY)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

UPPSALA INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVL, Uppsala (SWEDEN)

OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival

CHICAGO INT. CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL, Chicago (USA) 

OSCAR® qualifying festival

INTERFILM BERLIN – KUKI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Berlin (GERMANY) 

OSCAR® qualifying festival

NEW YORK INT. CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL, New York (USA) 

OSCAR® qualifying festival

75th VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – MOSTRA INT. DEL CINEMA DI VENEZIA, Venice (ITALY)

Premio MIGRARTI

Winner of BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

INT. FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, Rotterdam (NETHERLANDS)

EFA qualifying festival

NASTRI D’ARGENTO, (ITALY)

HAMBURG INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Hamburg (GERMANY)

EFA qualifying festival

(Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival Hamburg)

Winner of the MO-AWARD for BEST SHORT FILM

ASFF – AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, York (UK)

BAFTA qualifying festival

GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL, Giffoni Valle Piana (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM (“Elements +10”)

FESTIVAL EUROPEEN DU FILM COURT DE BREST, Brest (FRANCE)

BUFF INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Malmö (SWEDEN)

Winner of the HONORABLE MENTION

DUBLIN INT. SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL, Dublin (IRELAND)

Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Fatou Mbemgue)

INT. BOSPHORUS FILM FESTIVAL, Istanbul (TURKEY)

CORTINAMETRAGGIO, Cortina d’Ampezzo (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM, BEST FICE-ANEC SHORT FILM, NUOVO IMAIE AWARD FOR EMERGING ACTORS (Fatou Mbemgue & Filippo Scotti), CINEMAITALIANO.INFO AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

CORTO DORICO, Ancona (ITALY)

ISCHIA FILM FESTIVAL, Ischia (ITALY)

MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Trondheim (NORWAY)

NT. CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL OF KERALA, Kerala (INDIA)

FIGARI FILM FESTIVAL, Olbia (ITALY)

CORTI DA SOGNI – ANTONIO RICCI, Ravenna (ITALY)

Winner of BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM

NAPOLI FILM FESTIVAL, Napoli (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM & MURPHY AWARD

PERSO – PERUGIA SOCIAL FILM FESTIVAL, Perugia (ITALY)

AS FILM FESTIVAL, Rome (ITALY)

PASSAGGI D’AUTORE, Sant’Antioco (ITALY)

COMICRON FILM FESTIVAL, Pontelandolfo (ITALY)

NÓT FILM FEST, Santarcangelo di Romagna (ITALY)

GENOVA FILM FESTIVAL, Genova (ITALY)

FERRARA FILM CORTO, Ferrara (ITALY)

DIECIMINUTI FILM FESTIVAL, Ceccano (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SCREENPLAY

INTEGRAZIONE FILM FESTIVAL, Sarnico (ITALY)

FESTIVAL CINEMA AFRICANO, ASIA E AMERICA LATINA, Milano (ITALY)

Winner of BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM

SKEPTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Cagliari (ITALY)

FESTIVAL INT. INVENTA UN FILM, Lenola(ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM (2nd place) & BEST SOUNTRACK

LA CITTÀ INCANTATA FILM FESTIVAL, Salerno (ITALY)

PREMIO CARPINE D’ARGENTO, Visciano (ITALY)

CONCORSO UNESCO “LA CITTÀ IDEALE”, Fabriano (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM (2nd place)

FABRIANO FILM FESTIVAL, Fabriano (ITALY)

ULYSSES FILM FESTIVAL, Formia/Gaeta/Minturno (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

CORTI IN OPERA, Lucera (ITALY)

SCHERMI IRREGOLARI, Bagno a Ripoli (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

CAPODARCO L’ALTRO FESTIVAL – PREMIO L’ANELLO DEBOLE, Capodarco di Fermo (ITALY)

CINESTESIA LEGNANO, Legnano (ITALY)

Winner of AUDIENCE AWARD & YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD

MALESCORTO, Malesco (ITALY)

CINEMADAMARE, various locations (ITALY)

APPENNINO DOC – FLUVIONE FILM FESTIVAL, Roccafluvione (ITALY)

Winner of INCLUSIONE E INTEGRAZIONE AWARD

ARIANO FILM FESTIVAL, Ariano Irpino (ITALY)

PERIFERIA DELL’IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL, Sessa Aurunca (ITALY)

OUT OF BOUNDS FIM FESTIVAL, Barletta (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SOCIAL VALUE

FARM FILM FESTIVAL, Agrigento (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

GARGANO FILM FEST, S. Giovanni Rotondo (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

MEDITERRANEO FESTIVAL CORTO, Diamante (ITALY)

DOKUMENTART, Neubrandenburg (GERMANY) 

INCINERANTE FEST, Medellìn (COLOMBIA)

GIFFONI MACEDONIA YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL, Skopje (MACEDONIA)

PENTEDATTILO FILM FESTIVAL, Pentedattilo / Reggio Calabria (ITALY)

FILEM’ON INT. FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES, Ghent / Brussels (BELGIUM)

CORTO PEPPER FEST, Terrasini (ITALY)

CONCORSO UNESCO “LA CITTÀ IDEALE”, Fabriano (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM (2nd place)

MÒNDE – FESTA DEL CINEMA SUI CAMMINI, Monte Sant’Angelo (ITALY)

ZEROTRENTA CORTO FESTIVAL, Argenta (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SOUNDTRACK & SPECIAL “AVIS” AWARD

NAPOLI – CORTISONANTI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Napoli (ITALY)

AFRICA INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Lagos (NIGERIA)

TERTIO MILLENNIO FILM FESTIVAL – IO SONO TU SEI, Rome (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM (3rd place)

DHARAMSHALA INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Dharamshala (INDIA)

MIFF AWARDS – MILAN INT. FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS, Milan (ITALY)

LACENO D’ORO FILM FESTIVAL, Avellino (ITALY)

AMICORTI FILM FESTIVAL, Peveragno (ITALY)

PRATO FILM FESTIVAL, Prato (ITALY)

ACCORDI & DISACCORDI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Napoli (ITALY)

MO’ WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL, Napoli (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR

ÉCU EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Paris (FRANCE)

Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Fatou Mbemgue)

MENORCA FILM FESTIVAL, Ciutadella and Maò, Menorca (SPAIN)

PIGNETO FILM FESTIVAL, Roma (ITALY)

UNDEREXPOSED FILM FESTIVAL, Rock Hill (USA)

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL USA, St. Louis (USA)

BABEL FILM FESTIVAL, Cagliari (ITALY)

Winner of PREMIO ONE WORL(L)D & SPECIAL MENTION

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