For the sixth consecutive year, the Umbriametraggi section presents a series of works by Umbrian filmmakers, selected through a specific competition. A jury formed by members of the Umbria Film Festival has chosen, among several entries, twelve short films that will have the chance to be awarded an additional prize, as judged by a specific jury. Different stories, styles, genres and points of view will showcase and spread the new trends of
independent cinema, and whet the curiosity of the diverse and demanding audience participating enthusiastically to the festival. Experts and enthusiasts will gather in Montone, between the theater and the square, between the alleys and the panoramic views, to a place of choice for new ideas, meetings, exchanges and interactions.

July 13th 2012 - Teatro San Fedele

Part one screenings begin at 5.30 PM

Un gioco di cui tutti conoscono la fine
Kamikairy Fares
2011, 16'

A place out of space and time, where everything fits in and life conclusions are drawn. A bar where four characters set up a little theater of the absurd. The frenzies and obsessions of our society are taken to their extreme consequences, exaggerated and ridiculed.

Predizioni
Lorenzo Lombardi
2012, 7'

Inspired by Predictions by Peter Handke. An artist decides to embroider her own body to become a Work of Art.

Quarto
Nexus
2012, 5'

2 photographers, 1 reflex camera, 3 bodies, 1 murderer, 3 eyes, 2 weapons, 5 colors: 1, 2, 3, 5: the fourth (quarto) is missing!

Jupiter's Cube
Simona Bonini-Baldini & Andrea Nevi
2011, 3'36"

Linda and Claudio keep searching for one another without ever meeting. As with opposing planets, however, there seems to be a connection between them. In his "Mysterium cosmographicum", Kepler suggests: "Let Jupiter?s orbit be circumscribed by a cube. The sphere described about this will be that of Saturn."

Quite Strange for an Octopus
Giacomo R. Bartocci
2012, 2'35"

The extraordinary life of Paul the Octopus.

Così com'è - Nuovi scenari per un artigianato sostenibile: la risposta viene dalle Ande
Sara Antognelli, Salvatore Buonocore, Aurora Centovalli
2012, 10'41"

Each place has two souls: a real one, made of experiences, and a dream one, inextricably linked to the emotions each of us cherishes. The connected stories of four characters show an unexpected, silent, and sustainable reality

Golden slumbers & Carry that weight
Andrea Nevi
2011, 5'26"

Official video for "Mama's Gan ? Golden Slumbers & Carry that Weight", from the album "Across the road" (a female tribute to The Beatles' LP Abbey Road).

Part two screenings begin at 6.30 PM

Di là dal vetro
Andrea di Bari
2011, 18'

One night, a man and his mother get together around the kitchen table to talk about war, a battered heart and a travel journal. It is a night of understanding. Then a glass is enough to separate them at the following dawn.

Frontiers
Hermes Mangialardo
2010, 2'40"

The story of two children of different origins and cultures, but with the same desire to play together. Will they be able to destroy the ideological barriers built by hate and racism?

Working man blues
Hermes Mangialardo
2011, 5'10"

Life in a gloomy factory is turned upside down by the arrival of a band of musicians. Inspired by the story of the town of Braddock (USA).

L'amore è nell'aria

Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli
2010, 14'

Mario is poor and still lives with his mother. Every day he is confronted with his friend Lucrezio's affluence. During an outing on the lake, he can?t take it anymore. Witty morality play by the highly prolific Italian duo Germondari and Spagnoli

Ctrl Z
Chiara Giontella
2012, 4'38"

If I could turn back time. We loved each other. We do not anymore. Words cannot save us.Emotional loops suck us back in bed. It is not a new beginning. It is boredom, sleepiness, and guilt.